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NCCN Releases First Guidelines for Mesothelioma

P Wendling, 2010 Mar 17, Elsevier Global Medical News

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (EGMN) - A pleural biopsy should be combined with cytology and chest CT to make the diagnosis of mesothelioma, according to the first guidelines published on this rare cancer by the National...

Robot, Standard Laparoscopic Surgery Have Similar Outcomes for Endometrial Cancer

H Splete, 2010 Mar 17, Elsevier Global Medical News

SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Surgical outcomes for patients with endometrial cancer were similar regardless of whether they received robotically-assisted laparoscopic surgery or standard transperitoneal laparoscopic...

Surgical Training Strongly Affects Choice of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment

D Brunk, 2010 Mar 17, Elsevier Global Medical News

ST. LOUIS (EGMN) - Choice of treatment for early hepatocellular carcinoma is influenced more strongly by the surgeon's training and skill set than by clinical aspects of the patient's disease, results...

Genetic Data Only Slightly Improved Risk-Prediction Breast Cancer Tool

MA Moon , 2010 Mar 17, Elsevier Global Medical News

Adding genetic information to a standard risk-prediction model for breast cancer improved the model's performance only negligibly, according to a report in the March 18 issue of the New England Journal...

Adjuvant Chemo Underused in Older Patients With Colon Cancer

MA Moon, 2010 Mar 16, Elsevier Global Medical News

Among older patients, the use of adjuvant chemotherapy is markedly lower than is recommended for stage III colon cancer, according to a report in the March 17 issue of JAMA. Only half of patients aged...

Forty Years Later, Some Victories in Cancer War

A Ault, 2010 Mar 16, Elsevier Global Medical News

WASHINGTON (EGMN) - There have been some significant victories in the almost 40 years since President Richard M. Nixon signed the National Cancer Act in 1971, declaring the "war on cancer," according to...

Robotic Surgery Is Option for Endometrial Cancer Care in Elderly Women

H Splete, 2010 Mar 16, Elsevier Global Medical News

SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Robotic surgery for endometrial cancer is a safe option for patients in their 80s and 90s, based on data from a study comparing outcomes from 27 octogenarians and nonagenarians with...

Stereotactic Body Radiation Doubled Control of Inoperable Lung Cancer

MA Moon, 2010 Mar 16, Elsevier Global Medical News

Stereotactic body radiation therapy yielded a 97.6% rate of primary tumor control at 3 years in a clinical trial of inoperable early-stage lung cancer. That control rate is more than double that achieved...

Study: Palliative Care Referrals 'Too Limited, Too Late'

A Ault, 2010 Mar 16, Elsevier Global Medical News

WASHINGTON (EGMN) - Due partly to a lack of outpatient access to palliative care, cancer patients are being referred too late in their disease process to benefit from the quality of life-enhancing therapies...

Study Finds Preoperative Axillary Ultrasound Useful in Early Breast Cancer

D Brunk, 2010 Mar 16, Elsevier Global Medical News

ST. LOUIS (EGMN) - The overall diagnostic accuracy of preoperative axillary ultrasound for determining lymph node status in early-stage breast cancer patients was 73%, results from a single-center study...