Oncology
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Low threshold to biopsy atypical lesions may ID vulvar melanoma early, experts say
To diagnose one melanoma, doctors may need to biopsy many lesions.
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Poor image quality may limit televulvology care
Photographs submitted by referring physicians may be better than those provided by patients.
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Rare event: Iatrogenic injury during cervical cancer screening
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Statins may lower risk of colorectal cancer
Patients with IBD who used statins had a 60% lower risk of CRC.
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Thermography plus software shows efficacy for breast cancer screening
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National lung cancer screening guidelines may miss younger African American individuals at high risk
Retrospective analysis finds many lung cancer patients would not have counted as eligible for low-dose CT under guidelines that are being...
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Combined features of benign breast disease tied to breast cancer risk
Breast cancer risk was most elevated for women with proliferative benign breast disease with atypia detected on an incident screen.
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Colonoscopy patients may get hit with a ‘surprise bill’
Most of these surprise costs were incurred from the use of out-of network anesthesiologists and pathologists.
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HPV vaccine shown to substantially reduce cervical cancer risk
A review of more than 1 million girls/women vaccinated in 2006-2017 shows a substantial reduction in the risk for invasive cervical cancer.
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CRC risk: Raised by meat/alcohol, lowered by aspirin/NSAIDs
A new meta-analysis adds a number of factors that are associated with a decreased risk for the disease, including taking magnesium and folate...