Oncology
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Higher alcohol consumption linked to early-onset CRC
Compared with light drinking, moderate and heavy drinking were associated with a significantly elevated risk of early-onset CRC.
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AHA statement addresses equity in cardio-oncology care
Statement says developing personalized cardioprotection strategies that integrate biological, genetic, and social determinant markers is one way...
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In head and neck cancer, better outcomes seen in patients with overweight
Among 445 patients treated with chemoradiation, those with overweight saw improvements in survival and tumor recurrence, compared with patients...
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Should race and ethnicity be used in CRC recurrence risk algorithms?
Removing race from clinical risk predictions could lead to higher racial bias in model accuracy and less accurate estimation of risk in some...
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Warts difficult to eradicate in immunocompromised children
Warts completely resolved with treatment in only 24% of children undergoing active cancer treatment.
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Lower racial disparity in melanoma diagnoses in vets than U.S. men overall, study finds
Melanoma was the fourth-most common cancer diagnosed in male VA patients.
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How BMI over time impacts GI cancer risk
These “important findings highlight the unmet need to identify the critical time window linking adiposity and GI cancer.”
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Key red flags for early-onset colorectal cancer
Two symptoms in particular – rectal bleeding and iron-deficiency anemia – point to the need for timely endoscopy and follow-up.
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‘Exciting’ results for cancer vaccine plus pembro in melanoma
A new randomized study is the first to demonstrate improvement in recurrence-free survival in melanoma with an individualized neoantigen vaccine...
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Cancer, heart disease vaccines may be ready by 2030, Moderna says
The announcement is yet another sign of what many are calling “the golden age” of vaccine development.