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Medscape
The continuous decline in cancer death rates in the United States over the past two decades has resulted in an overall drop of 23 percent, and more than 1.7 million cancer deaths averted, according to the latest annual report on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival from the American Cancer Society.
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Modern Healthcare
The American Society of Clinical Oncology says so-called clinical pathways created and distributed by payers and for-profit firms are laden with inadequacies and conflicts of interest.
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Medical Xpress
An increase in the stage of non-small cell lung cancer due to cancer positive lymph node discovery was more common following open chest surgery for lung lobe removal of early stage lung cancer compared to the closed chest procedure known as video assisted thoracic surgery. The standard and often most effective treatment for early stage lung cancer is surgical removal of the tumor and a portion of the lung, with the open thoracotomy the traditional method of choice.
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HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
Palliative care reduces hospital costs for incurable cancer patients who have other serious health conditions, a new study says.
Palliative care is team-based specialized treatment aiming to provide patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of serious illness, thereby improving quality of life for patients and their loved ones.
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The American College of Surgeons welcomes abstract and video submissions to be considered for presentation at Clinical Congress 2016, Oct. 16–20, Washington, D.C. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. (CST), Tuesday, March 1. Click here for more information and detailed instructions.
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Scientific American
An influential panel of U.S. experts issued final recommendations reaffirming their controversial position that mammogram screening should start at age 50, but also said some women may benefit from screening starting at age 40.
Under the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, mammogram screening every two years for women 50 to 74 got a grade of "B", meaning doctors should offer the service. Screening for women in their 40s got a "C" grade, meaning doctors should offer the service for select patients, depending on individual circumstances.
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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.
TIME
Illumina, which dominates the DNA sequencing world, is dipping a very big toe into cancer testing. The California-based company has raised $100 million in venture capital funds to try to turn the dream that cancer experts have of using a few drops of blood to detect the first signs of cancer into reality.
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News-Medical.Net
Pancreatic cancer is expected to surpass breast cancer to become the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, according to the latest Cancer Statistics 2016 report, published recently by the American Cancer Society in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. While the relative five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased slightly to 8 percent, it is still the lowest survival rate of any cancer. Pancreatic cancer is expected to claim the lives of 41,780 individuals this year.
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Cancer Therapy Advisor
Various genomic differences in African American patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma predict for reduced responsiveness to vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted therapy and inferior survival compared with Caucasian patients.
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Oncology Nurse Advisor
Mandatory tumor tissue specimens and associated analyses for clinical trial participation appear to be a significant barrier to clinical trial enrollment and may delay treatment. Routine tissue banking at diagnosis, use of available diagnostic samples, less invasive tests, faster turnaround time at central laboratories, and allowing for local testing and more resources for timely tissue collection are potential resolutions for addressing these barriers.
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