Oncology
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Adverse skin effects of cancer immunotherapy reviewed
“The desirable, immune-mediated oncologic response is often achieved at the cost of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) that may potentially...
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Dermatologists may be unaware of scalp cooling for chemo-induced hair loss
Understanding dermatologists’ knowledge of and attitudes towards scalp cooling is important to develop future initiatives to increase scalp...
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Excess weight over lifetime hikes risk for colorectal cancer
Previous studies may have underestimated the risk for CRC because they have looked at excess weight at a single point.
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As predicted: jump in metastatic prostate cancer diagnoses
Concerns over unnecessary prostatectomies took precedence over the benefits of screening for early high-risk disease.
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Cancer increases patients’ risk for cardiovascular deaths
The extent of the risk varied somewhat by cancer stage, time from diagnosis, and cancer type.
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Heavy drinking in your 20s has lasting impact on cancer risk
People generally do not expect their heavy drinking in early adulthood to affect their cancer risk many years later.
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Why is there an increased risk of cancer in depressed patients?
“We have to think about depression as a systemic illness,” Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff said. “What is depression doing that’s creating a fertile...
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Height an ‘overlooked risk factor’ for colorectal cancer?
“More active proliferation in organs of taller people could increase the possibility of mutations leading to malignant transformation.”
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Filling opioid prescriptions akin to a Sisyphean task
“Instead of preserving access to desperately needed pain medicine for those suffering with serious illness, states and insurers have aggressively...
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MRI with mammogram reduces breast cancer mortality by more than 50% in high-risk women
In this high-risk study group, annual MRI screenings started at 30 years old, followed by MRI with mammogram at 40 years old.
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Complex link between gut microbiome and immunotherapy response in advanced melanoma
Previous studies have identified the gut microbiome as “a potential biomarker of response as well as a therapeutic target” in melanoma and other...