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These adverse events linked to improved cancer prognosis
Emerging evidence suggests that cutaneous immune-related adverse events may be linked with favorable outcomes among patients with cancer who...
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Does the number of primary melanomas affect survival?
To compare 10-year melanoma-specific mortality and overall mortality between people with multiple primary melanomas and a single primary melanoma...
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High rate of subsequent cancers in MCC
Patients with cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma face a higher risk of developing other primary cancers
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Do AI chatbots give reliable answers on cancer? Yes and no
“The chatbot was most likely to mix in incorrect recommendations among correct ones, an error difficult even for experts to detect.”
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Are AI-powered skin-check tools on the horizon for dermatologists, PCPs?
To date, the FDA has cleared only two AI-based products to help detect skin cancer, both meant to be used by dermatologists, and only one remains...
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RFS failed as endpoint in adjuvant immunotherapy trials
“Our meta-analysis failed to find a significantly strong association between RFS and OS in RCTs of adjuvant immunotherapy,” the authors concluded...
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No benefit to adding limited radiation in advanced cancer
Median overall survival was not significantly better with radiotherapy, compared with the control group, nor was the objective response rate.
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Imaging techniques will revolutionize cancer detection, expert predicts
Jennifer Barton, PhD, and her colleagues are developing an OCT/fluorescence imaging falloposcope that is 0.8 mm in diameter, flexible, and...
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Multiprong strategy makes clinical trials less White
Only a small percentage of eligible patients participate in clinical trials in the first place, and very few come from racial and ethnic minority...
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CBSM phone app eases anxiety, depression in cancer patients
Few patients with cancer have access to psycho-oncologic support.
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Huge underuse of germline testing for cancer patients
Information from germline genetic testing could affect a patient’s cancer care.