360 http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news-and-viewpoints/news/index.html Premier medical and pharmaceutical coverage en-us OncologySTAT@elsevier.com webmaster@oncologystat.com http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Obesity_Linked_to_More_Advanced_and_More_Aggressive_Thyroid_Cancer__US.html Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Routine_Sigmoidoscopy_Cut_Colorectal_Cancer_Incidence__Mortality_US.html SAN DIEGO (EGMN) - The incidence of colorectal cancer among men and women who underwent flexible sigmoidoscopy, with a repeat screening every 3 or 5 years, was reduced by 21%, compared with those who received... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/U_S__Task_Force_Confirms_Stance_Against_Universal_PSA_Screening_US.html "Do not use prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer."With these words, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) finalized its stance against using this blood test to... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Concurrent_Chemoradiotherapy_Prolongs_Survival_for_Elderly_With_NSCLC_US.html Adding daily low-dose carboplatin chemotherapy to thoracic radiotherapy significantly extended survival in elderly patients with unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to a... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Cancer_Trial_Groups_ECOG_and_ACRIN_Complete_Merger_US.html The American College of Radiology's Imaging Network and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group have completed their merger, which was first announced in March 2011.As of May 17, the two groups will be... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Annual_CT_Lung_Cancer_Screening_Recommended_for_High-Risk_Smokers_US.html SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Patients aged 55-74 years who have at least a 30 pack-year smoking history should be offered annual low-dose CT lung cancer screening, even if they have quit within the past 15 years,... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Lymphadenectomy_Underused_in_GI_Cancer_Surgery__US.html SAN DIEGO (EGMN) - Lymph node removal during gastrointestinal cancer surgery remains underperformed in a large proportion of patients in the United States, although the median number of resected nodes... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Colonoscopy_s_Efficacy_Confirmed_in_Average-Risk_Adults_US.html SAN DIEGO (EGMN) - Screening colonoscopy showed its efficacy for preventing incident cases of colorectal cancer in prospectively collected data during follow-up of up to 24 years in about 170,000 average-risk... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/SCREEN__Melanoma_Deaths_Reduced_by_Half_in_Largest_Study_Ever_US.html RALEIGH, N.C. (EGMN) - A population-based total-body skin cancer screening program reduces melanoma mortality, according to the results of a landmark German project presented at the annual meeting of the... http://www.oncologystat.com:80/news/Docs_Need_Primer_on_Long-Term_Effects_of_Chemotherapy_US.html Many primary care physicians - and even some oncologists - are unaware of common long-term side effects of four widely used breast and colorectal cancer drugs, a national survey by the National Cancer...