Preventive Care
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New mega-review underscores mammography’s benefits
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IBIS-II: Anastrozole highly effective in preventing breast cancer
Major finding: The 7-year cumulative incidence of all breast cancers in high-risk postmenopausal women who took anastrozole once daily for 5 years...
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Continued smoking after cancer diagnosis ups mortality risk
Major finding: Among male smokers at the time of cancer diagnosis, the risk of death was 76% greater in those who continued smoking than in those...
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Genetic profiling transforms cancer treatment trials
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Breast MRI both overused and underused
Major finding: Only 25% of the women in one study and 21% in the other who underwent breast MRI met the high-risk criteria recommended for the...
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Coffee consumption affects cancer risk differently for liver vs. pancreatic cancers
Major finding: Neither total coffee intake (whether decaffeinated or caffeinated, analyzed separately) nor tea intake appears to influence the...
Commentary
Family history, genetic testing, and the electronic health record
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Widespread screening linked to fewer colorectal cancer deaths
Major finding: A history of at least one endoscopic exam explained 73% of the decrease in colorectal cancer mortality in men and 82% of the...
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HLA class I plays role in aspirin’s benefit in colon ca
Major finding: Low-dose aspirin cut the risk of death in half in colon cancer patients with tumors expressing HLA class I.Data source: Microarray...
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Sigmoidoscopy may not be enough for older patients
Major finding: Because people are 30% more likely to have polyps in the ascending colon and 22% more likely to have polyps in the cecum as they...
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High dependency predicts BMI increase during smoking cessation
Major finding: FTND score was a strong predictor of BMI increase (gender-adjusted standardized coefficient, 0.236).