Survivors of adult-onset cancers associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease
1. In a retrospective review of over 100 000 adult-onset cancer survivors and aged-matched controls, there was a significantly higher...
Smoking associated with increased mortality in breast cancer patients
1. In a prospective cohort study of over 4500 women with invasive breast cancer, patients with smoking exposure were associated...
Risk factors for breast cancer-associated lymphedema may be fewer than previously reported
1. In this prospective cohort study of over 600 breast cancer patients, there was no significant association between ipsilateral blood...
Pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging may not improve contralateral breast cancer detection
1. In a retrospective review of over 6000 patients with breast cancer, pre-operative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) does...
Radiation dose associated with increased heart disease in Hodgkin lymphoma survivors
1. In a retrospective review of over 1500 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors, the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) was...
Uterine cavity lavage may detect gynecological malignancies
1. In a proof-of-concept study of 35 patients with ovarian or endometrial cancer, the use of uterine cavity lavage successfully...
High incidence of cognitive impairment associated with colorectal cancer
1. In a prospective study of over 360 patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), there was a significant increase in the...
Brain metastases in germ cell tumors associated with poor prognosis
1. In a retrospective review of over 500 men with germ cell tumors, the presence of brain metastases (BM) was...
Adjuvant hormone therapy may improve survival in ovarian cancer
1. In a phase III trial of 150 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, the use of adjuvant hormone therapy was...
Breast cancer chemoprevention may reduce mortality in lobular carcinoma-in-situ
1. In a prospective cohort study of over 1000 patients with lobular carcinoma-in-situ, the use of a chemopreventative agent was...
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