One in four intermediate-sized (8-20 mm) pulmonary nodules were found to be malignant, based on results from a retrospective study of 377 patients seen in 18 community pulmonology...
African American and Hispanic adolescents and adults under the age of 40 years were more likely to die from differentiated thyroid cancer than were non-Hispanic whites from the same age range, said...
NEW ORLEANS – A urine assay test can provide a high negative predictive value to rule out the presence of high-grade, clinically significant prostate cancer without the need for a digital rectal exam...
The rates of breast-conserving surgery have increased over the last 2 decades among women with early-stage breast cancers in the United States, but disparities persist, based on an analysis of data...
Of the nearly 346,000 U.S. deaths caused by smoking-related cancers in 2011, about 48.5% were attributable to cigarette smoking, according to a research letter published online June 15 in JAMA...
CHICAGO – Anastrozole may top tamoxifen in reducing the risk of disease recurrence in postmenopausal ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), particularly in younger women, but which drug holds a cost...
Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...
CHICAGO – Adjuvant denosumab is efficacious and safe for reducing fracture risk among women taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs) as part of their treatment for early breast cancer, finds the Austrian...
BOSTON – Many cancer patients do not pursue or at least do not achieve complete freedom from pain when permitted control over their opioid dose, according to a comprehensive analysis of published...
Subsequent to the 2012 U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation discouraging prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening, prostate cancer screening significantly declined among men...
