ASCO 2015
New research was presented at ASCO 2015, the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual...
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Breast Cancer
Assessing the Surgical Care of Breast Cancer
Clinical trials have shown that survival rates appear to be similar for patients with early-stage...
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Cancer Care as a Business Decision
My wife is a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. She works with a very good Internist who gives her a...
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
In 2005, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) first published evidence-based clinical...
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A Conservative Approach to Lymph Node Removal
Until recently, guidelines recommended complete axillary node dissection in women with breast...
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Guiding Follow-Up Care in Breast Cancer
In 2006, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issued practice guidelines on the...
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Reducing Poor Surgical Oncology Practices
As part of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign, the...
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Breast-Conserving Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer
Despite recent improvements in imaging technology, pathology assessments, and the use of systemic...
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Media Flub: Squeezing Breasts Prevents Cancer?
The media often takes a research study’s findings completely out of context and confuses the...
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The Evolution of Medicine
Source: BestMedicalDegrees.com Modern medicine has helped lead to a surge in average life...
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Controversy Over BMJ Paper Hints at Print Medical Journal Demise
By now, you must be aware of the Canadian mammography study that appeared in the BMJ last week. It...
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Stop Leaving Women’s Health to Chance
Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to...
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Early Detection & Treatment of Breast Cancer
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and two-thirds of women...
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Advances in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a lateral and rotational deformity of the spine that...
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Updated Breast Cancer Guidelines for HER2 Testing
A new update to clinical practice guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer was published...
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Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy May Not Significantly Increase Life Expectancy in Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
WASHINGTON, DC—Women with early-stage breast cancer in one breast are increasingly opting to...
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Surviving Surgery After Early Stage Breast Cancer
Among patients with early stage breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy with radiation appears to...
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Comparing Surgical Approaches in Breast Cancer
For patients with early stage breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy with radiation appears to...
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FDA Approves Lymphoseek to Help Locate Lymph Nodes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept)...
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