Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Small Margins Not Too Close for Comfort in Rectal Cancer
Major Finding: Overall 5-year survival was 70%, with no significant difference in survival by margin size.Data Source: Investigators reviewed...
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Adjuvant Therapy May Benefit Some With Early Gastric Cancers
Major Finding: Patients with stage IA-IIA gastric adenocarcinoma and at least two risk factors had a 5-year disease-specific survival of 76% or...
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ASCO: Stop Underdosing Obese Cancer Patients
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Aflibercept plus FOLFIRI improves survival in second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer
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Can a Biomarker Revive Everolimus for Advanced Gastric Cancer?
Major Finding: Everolimus did not significantly improve overall survival, compared with placebo, although it did significantly improve progression...
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Laparoscopy Offers Benefits in Select Hepatic CRC Patients
Major Finding: Patients undergoing laparoscopic vs. open resection for hepatic colorectal cancer had similar median overall survival rates at 1, 3...
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Limit Aspirin for Cancer Prevention to Patients Aged 55-75
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Second Round of Fecal Testing Reveals Fewer Cancers
Major Finding: The positive predictive value for colorectal cancer was halved, from 8% in a first round of fecal testing to 4% in the second round...
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VEGF-Targeting Cancer Drugs Raise Risk of Fatal Side Effects
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Primary GIST Carries Poorer Prognosis When Outside GI Tract
Major Finding: The 10% of patients whose primaries were outside the gastrointestinal tract had a 28% increased risk of death after adjustment for...
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Colonoscopy With Adenoma Removal Cut Colorectal Cancer Deaths By 53%
Major Finding: After a median follow-up of 16 years, colorectal cancer mortality was 53% lower in patients who had undergone colonoscopy with...