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Oncology/Hematology

News, opinions and meeting coverage in oncology/hematology.

PSA Testing: Docs Walk the Screening Talk

Physicians likely to undergo screening themselves

AUA 2017: New Sessions, Encores, Variety

'Something for everybody' in urology

Video Capsule Endoscopy Proves Useful in PJS Patients

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome carries increased risk for bowel neoplasia

Robotically Controlled Capsule Scope Passes Early Tests

Tethered capsule can perform complex intracolonic maneuvers automatically

ESTRO: Survival in Pancreatic Ca Rises with RT Dose

Also: cartoons during RT, brachytherapy for penile cancer

ESTRO: Tumor-Adapted RT Lowers Pneumonitis in Lung Cancer

Selected presentations from the European RT meeting

ORBIT Score Pinpoints Repeat GI Bleeds with Anticoagulation

Patients rated as high risk show greater rates of rebleeding

Should Repeat FNA for Thyroid Nodules Again Be Recommended?

A systematic review and meta-analysis reported a 98% NPV for repeat FNA

A Better Way to Define ALL Remission?

Can minimal residual disease (MRD) replace morphology for determining disease remission?

Wise Buy? Focused Ultrasound Therapies

Exciting technology, but now sold to patients on slim supporting evidence

Liver Cancer Tx with Radioactive Beads Yields Mixed Results

No survival benefit but quality of life better

Thyroid Cancer Rates Climb in Young Minorities

But overall U.S. incidence levels off

Can Your Furniture Give You Thyroid Cancer?

Household flame retardants tied to disease occurrence, severity

NCCN Guideline: No Ink on Tumor Suffices in Breast Cancer Tx

New NCCN guidelines discourage centimeter-wide margins

NCCN: Checkpoint Inhibitors an Option for Bladder Cancer

Results from phase II studies strong enough in advanced disease

CDK 4/6 Inhibitor Makes the Cut in NCCN Breast Ca Guidelines

Ibrance plus AI or ER antagonist generates 'enthusiasm'

HPV-Targeted Drug Sets Survival Mark in Cervical Cancer

Highest-ever 12-month survival in recurrent, metastatic disease

Survival Bump in IVB Cervical Cancer with Pelvic RT

Improved OS, PFS in retrospective analysis

MSK Cancer Alliance: Mainly About Medicine

Bi-directional relationship strengthens regional cancer care

Brief, Broad-Area Treatment Clears Actinic Keratosis

High patient satisfaction with ingenol disoxate

Transplant Patients Have More Infections After Mohs Surgery

Immunosuppressed populations significantly prone to post-procedure complications

A Patient's Journey: The First That Was Almost Forgotten

Invited to tell his story to a gathering of prostate cancer specialists, Howard Wolinsky had to elbow his way to the mic

Gene Therapy Moves Ahead in Urothelial Cancer

Complete response in 35% of BCG-treated patients at 12 months

'Jurassic' Clinical Trial Yields Prostate Cancer Guidance

Negative trial informs new studies of adjuvant therapy

Cancer Drugs' Benefit Continues After Drug Stopped

Response for as long as 20 months after PD-1/PD-L1 stopped

LEEP Rather Than Freeze to Prevent Cervical Cancer

HIV patients do better long-term with electric excision

Antibiotics May Damper Effect of PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade

Worse PFS in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Make the Diagnosis:聽Callus Conundrum

Case Findings: A 52-year-old man presents with possible calluses on either side of his thumb, forefinger, and middle finger. He reports cutting them off with nail clippers, but they return. He also reports using an over-the-counter wart treatment without success. What is your diagnosis?

ECC Roundup: Breast Conservation Benefit Varies by Age

And other reports from the European Cancer Congress

Cancer Collaboration Founded by 'Bush 41' Closes Its Doors

All agree C-Change fulfilled its mission

Morning Break: World's Largest Penis; Sex Bias in Breast Milk; Cervical Ca Deaths

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 番茄社区 staff

QoL Benefits with Palliative Surgery for Gastric Cancer

Solid food intake facilitated, anxiety and pain decreased

Nivolumab Slows Advanced Gastric Cancer

Significant reduction in hazards for survival, PFS in pretreated patients

PET-Guided Therapy Switch for Esophageal Cancer

Improved response with switch from ineffective treatment

Exercise May Extend Survival in Metastatic Colon Cancer

Progression, survival hazards improved with moderate activitiy

Amyloidosis Treatments Miss the Heart of the Problem

Only modest improvement in end organ function

Bangladesh-Boston Collaborate on ASCT Center

Two dozen patients undergo successful stem cell transplant in Dhaka

Can Patients With Stable CML Stop Drug Therapy?

Studies examine TKI cessation and dose reduction

Survival Boost With Liposomal Tx in Older AML Patients

Agent may also provide a bridge to successful transplant

Novel Sickle Cell Tx Shows Promise for Pain Crises

Monoclonal antibody tied to lower incidence of adverse events

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