Gastrointestinal Cancer
Conference Coverage
Docs Need Primer on Long-Term Effects of Chemotherapy
Major Finding: Only 6% of primary care physicians were able to identify the main long-term effects of doxorubicin, paclitaxel, oxaliplatin and...
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Neoadjuvant Abiraterone Helps Clear Aggressive, Early Stage Prostate Tumors
Major Finding: At 24 weeks, a pathological complete response or near pCR was achieved by 34% of men randomized to neoadjuvant abiraterone...
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Fatty Acids in Fish May Lower Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Hepatocellular cancer risk was significantly lower (hazard ratio = .64, P for trend = .04) for participants in the highest vs.
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Intensive Follow-Up Reduces Mortality From Hepatocellular Cancer
Major Finding: Data on 18,816 hepatitis B carriers in China randomized to either intensive surveillance with ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein...
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Duodenal GIST Responds to Surgery, Imatinib
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Community Oncology Podcast - Aflibercept plus FOLFIRI for metastatic colorectal cancer
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Maintenance Immunotherapy Extends Survival in Multiple Advanced Cancers
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Use of Ultrasound Expands Across Surgical Specialties
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Liver Cancer Predictors in Chronic Hepatitis B Identified
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Rising IPMN Incidence Traced to Increased Diagnostic Scrutiny
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Most People Told to Have a Colonoscopy Don't
Major Finding: Only 38% of patients advised to undergo colonoscopy did so, compared with 67% of those advised to undergo fecal occult blood...