Active surveillance in favorable-risk prostate cancer associated with low long-term mortality
1. In a large prospective cohort study of approximately 1300 men with favorable-risk prostate cancer that underwent active surveillance, there...
Nivolumab may be effective in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer
1. In a phase II clinical trial of 20 patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, the use of nivolumab, a monoclonal...
Behavioral weight-loss program effective in breast cancer survivors
1. In a randomized controlled trial of over 600 overweight/obese breast cancer survivors, the use of a group-based, behavioral weight-loss...
Intraperitoneal chemotherapy may be underutilized in ovarian cancer
1. In a prospective cohort study of over 800 patients with stage III ovarian cancer, less than 50% of all...
Topical analgesia for dyspareunia effective in breast cancer survivors
1. In a randomized controlled trial of 46 breast-cancer survivors with dyspareunia, use of topical lidocaine in the vulvar vestibule...
Increased rates of hospitalization among survivors of young adult malignancies
1. In a retrospective cohort study of over 20 000 survivors of young adult cancers, rates of subsequent hospitalization after...
Limited prognostic value of interim PET/CT during B-cell lymphoma treatment
1. In a prospective cohort study of 138 patients undergoing the combination of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (R-CHOP)...
Citrus consumption associated with malignant melanoma
1. In a secondary analysis of two large prospective trials of over 63,000 women and 41,000 men, increased consumption of...
HIV infection associated with increased cancer-specific mortality
1. In a retrospective review of a large cancer database of over 1.8 million patients, HIV infection was associated with...
Significant reduction in prostate screening rates after revised guidelines
1. In a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally administered survey in the United States of men undergoing prostate specific antigen...