Oncology
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General, abdominal obesity linked to chronic respiratory illness
Obesity is a characteristic risk factor linked to respiratory ailments such as asthma and COPD.
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CLL: Black patients die sooner than White patients
Researchers suspect that multiple factors – including biology – could be behind the racial disparity found in this large study.
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Familial cancer risk complex, not limited to same site
“The findings suggest that the familial risk extends to discordant early-onset cancers, including ovarian, testicular, and pancreatic cancers, as...
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Asthma tied to increased risk for multiple cancers
Treatment with an inhaled steroid may lower that risk, perhaps by keeping inflammation in check.
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Pausing endocrine therapy to attempt pregnancy is safe
The results provide the “strongest evidence to date on the short-term safety of this choice.”
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H. pylori eradication therapy curbs risk for stomach cancer
The study is significant because “it is the first to show this effect in a large, diverse population in the U.S., where gastric cancer incidence...
Conference Coverage
Preop MRI does not reduce positive margins in breast surgery
“While it can provide a benefit in selected cases given its high sensitivity, MRI is associated with false positives and can also contribute to...
Conference Coverage
Mammography after breast cancer: No benefit for older patients?
“Ongoing surveillance mammography in these patients may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of cancers that potentially would not harm...
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SCC from breast implants: Negligible risk, study finds
Regarding SCC, “whether the observed elevated risk is associated with the implants is difficult to interpret because it is based on only one case...
Conference Coverage
Intraoperative pathology spurs overtreatment in mastectomy
“This study suggests that surgeons should delay ALND decision-making until a later time to avoid overtreating patients.”