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Medscape
Cancer mortality related to smoking and obesity in the United States is on the upswing; progress on improving five-year survival rates for pancreatic, liver, lung and esophageal cancers remains "limited"; and racial disparities persist in many common cancers, according to the latest "Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer."
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GW Cancer Center
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NCRA
If you are attending the National Cancer Registrars Association's (NCRA) 43rd Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., April 5-8, make sure to hear the keynote address on April 6 featuring Larry N. Shulman, MD, Chair, Commission on Cancer. In addition, on Friday, April 7, NCRA will dedicate one day of the NCRA's 43rd Annual Conference to highlighting the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition. This is the first national meeting focused solely on preparing registrars for the new staging system. Presenters will showcase what's new and outline the differences between the seventh and eighth editions to ensure registrars are successful in making the transition.
Donna Gress, RHIT, CTR, AJCC Technical Specialist, will be presenting the Highlights of the Staging Rules in the Maryland Ballroom from 8:15 to 9 a.m. Other sessions include: Implications for Cancer Registrars, Frederick
Greene, MD, FACS; Staging Thyroid Cancers, Michelle D. Williams, MD; Staging Head and Neck Cancers,
Michelle D. Williams, MD; Staging Melanoma, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD, FACS: Staging Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Alexander Lazar, MD, PhD; and Staging Breast Cancer, Robert Brookland, MD, FACR, FACRO. For the full NCRA 2017 Conference Program, please click here.
Stop by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Cancer Programs booth (36) and sign up to be on the
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) mailing list. Your name will be entered in a raffle to win one of two
copies of the AJCC Staging Manual, Eighth Edition. Cancer Programs staff will be available to answer your questions.
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Medscape
The increase in thyroid cancer seen in the United States in recent decades has been explained as a result of overdiagnosis due to an increase in screening. But new data show an increase in incidence and also — for the first time — an increase in cancer-specific mortality. The authors argue that the increase is real.
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ABC News
It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly brain tumors, final results of a large study suggest.
Many doctors are skeptical of the therapy, called tumor treating fields, and it's not a cure. It's also ultra-expensive — $21,000 a month.
But in the study, more than twice as many patients were alive five years after getting it, plus the usual chemotherapy, than those given just the chemo — 13 percent versus 5 percent.
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ACS
As an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Quality Program participant, you contribute to the ACS mission of Inspiring Quality: Highest Standards, Better Outcomes. Your work, combined with that of the organization and its more than 80,000 ACS members, contributes to the continual improvement in care of the surgical patient.
Whether you are a physician, researcher, nurse or allied health professional, you help shape the care of surgical patients in a wide variety of health care, educational and office environments. That professional status makes you eligible for Affiliate membership.
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Reuters
Workers exposed to chemicals like deodorizers, sanitizers, disinfectants and sterilizers on the job may be more likely than other people to develop thyroid cancer, a recent study suggests.
Occupational exposure to these chemicals, known as biocides, was associated with a 65 percent higher risk of thyroid cancer, the study found. For people whose jobs might have led to the most cumulative exposure to biocides over time, the odds of thyroid cancer was more than doubled.
The study also looked at pesticides and didn't find an increased risk of thyroid cancer linked to these agricultural chemicals.
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is actively recruiting general and trauma surgeons with experience in emergency obstetrics for international missions in developing countries. Learn more.
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MedPage Today
Survival in newly diagnosed glioblastoma improved significantly in patients who used an electrical energy-emitting device in addition to receiving standard chemotherapy, final results of a randomized trial showed.
Patients who used the tumor-treating fields (TTFields) device in addition to adjuvant temozolomide (Temodar) had a median overall survival (OS) of 21 months compared with 16 months for patients treated with chemotherapy alone.
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NAPBC
Limited space is still available for the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) Accreditation Program: Pursuing Excellence through NAPBC Accreditation scheduled for May 5 in Chicago. This program provides important information for centers seeking accreditation for the first time and centers seeking re-accreditation. Make sure you reserve your space today — the program will sell out! This program has been approved by the National Cancer Registrars Association for 6.25 continuing education units. Make sure you reserve your hotel room by April to secure the group rate.
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Medical Xpress
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are white blood cells produced in bone marrow that churn out antibodies to help fight infection. When plasma cells become cancerous, they produce abnormal proteins, and the cells can build up in bone marrow, ultimately seeping into the bloodstream.
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