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In the News

Cancer hospitalizations rated

May 14, 2012

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released Statistical Brief #125 Cancer Hospitalizations for Adults, 2009.
 

A second gene may predispose women to breast cancer

April 30, 2012

Scientists have discovered that the Abraxas gene may advance the mission of BRCA1 and may even act on its own to help breast cancer develop.
 

ACP issues new colorectal screening guidance

April 19, 2012

New guidelines call for screening at age 50 years in average-risk adults and age 40 years or 10 years younger than age of diagnosis in the youngest affected relative in high-risk adults.
 

PET/CT changes brain tumor treatment plans

April 17, 2012

Physicians have changed their management recommendations for almost half of patients with known or suspected brain tumors after PET/CT findings.
 

Diagnosis delayed for certain cancers and certain patients

April 17, 2012

A large UK study found a wide variation between cancer types in patients who had visited their general practitioner 3 or more times before cancer diagnosis.
 

On-site lab 
reduces repeat surgeries

April 17, 2012

A new service has helped reduce the number of women who need additional surgery after an initial resection for breast cancer.
 

Virtual colonoscopy is an accurate screen in seniors

April 17, 2012

CT colonography accurately detects cancer and precancerous polyps in persons aged 65 years and older.
 

FDA acts on cancer drug shortages

April 17, 2012

In response to critical shortages, the FDA has issued draft guidance on mandatory and voluntary notifications to the agency.
 

FDA Update: Latest cancer drug approvals and warnings

April 03, 2012

Enhanced coverage of this issue's FDA Update plus a video on the Hedgehog pathway.
 

Cancer screening rates reflect disparities

February 24, 2012

Several recommendations have been made in light of federal studies that revealed significant disparities in cancer screening rates.
 

Web Exclusives

Posttransplant lenalidomide can slow down multiple myeloma

Delicia Honen Yard May 29, 2012

Lenalidomide use after autologous stem-cell transplant significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with myeloma.
 

Melanoma genome study implicates sun and new genetic culprits

Delicia Honen Yard May 28, 2012

Genetic mutations increased along with chronic sun exposure in persons with melanoma, and yet another gene may contribute to disease risk as well.
 

Modified stem cells keep glioblastoma at bay

Delicia Honen Yard May 25, 2012

Three patients with glioblastoma lived longer than predicted after receiving transplants of their own blood stem cells that had been gene-modified.
 

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