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Cancer Therapy Advisor
Oncologists now have a tool for helping the growing numbers of cancer survivors in the United States. The American Society for Radiation Oncology published a new template that standardizes and streamlines the creation of patient-focused plans for long-term cancer survivor care following radiation therapy.
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Clinical Advisor
Evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of visual screening for skin cancer in adults, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
The task force did find that clinicians have modest sensitivity and specificity in detecting melanoma during visual checks; however, evidence also showed that these visual screenings may have negative effects. The evidence did not provide sufficient data to quantify these harms.
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World Cancer Day 2016 is one month away. Find out what you can do to mark the day and get involved.
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The Washington Post
A new study adds to the evidence that ultrasonography can help diagnose cancer in women with dense breasts.
Researchers examined data from 2,809 women from across the United States, Canada and Argentina. All of them had dense breasts, plus at least one other risk factor for breast cancer. Each woman had three screenings over three years with mammography and ultrasonography, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Overall, 111 breast cancers were found. Most — 80 percent — were invasive.
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ACS
Responding to the needs of the country's growing older adult population, a new collaborative best practices guideline was released recently for optimal care of older adults immediately before, during and after surgical operations (a time frame known as the "perioperative" period). The new consensus-based guideline was developed by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society's Geriatrics-for- Specialists Initiative, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation.
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ACS
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released the Standards Manual for the Oncology Medical Home (OMH) Accreditation Program. The standards are established around the OMH model that provides comprehensive and continuous medical care to patients with the goal of obtaining maximized health outcomes.
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MedicalResearch.com
With the breakthrough findings of the National Lung Screening Trial released in 2011, professional organizations have largely embraced population-based screening guidelines for patients at high risk for lung cancer. The diffusion of screening into broad clinical practice has been slow to be adopted, given concerns about the efficacy of screening in community settings, lack of insurance reimbursement and unclear billing logistics, and difficulty weighing the pros of screening against the known cons (e.g., high rate of false positives).
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CoC
If you are affiliated with a CoC-accredited program, please make sure that program responds to the Call for Data to ensure compliance with CoC Standards 5.5 (Data Submission), 5.6, (Accuracy of Data) and requirements for submission deadline extensions. Read this announcement from the National Cancer Data Base to learn more.
The Wall Street Journal
Add another disease to the list of ailments that may be thwarted by regular aspirin use — prostate cancer.
Researchers reported that men who took at least three aspirin tablets a week reduced their risk of developing or dying from advanced prostate cancer. The aspirin didn't affect whether the men developed the disease to begin with, though.
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health via Medical Xpress
A large new study of twins has found that having a twin sibling diagnosed with cancer poses an excess risk for the other twin to develop any form of cancer. Among the 23 different types of cancer studied, an excess familial risk was seen for almost all of the cancers, including common cancers such as breast and prostate cancer, but also more rare cancers such as testicular cancer, head and neck cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer and stomach cancer.
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Phys.Org
A study mapping genes associated with two cancers common in golden retrievers could lead to better prevention and treatment of the disease in dogs as well as similar cancers in people.
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ACS
Follow the CoC (@COC_ACS) and the NAPBC (@NAPBC_ACS) on Twitter. Make sure you also like the NAPBC Facebook page.
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