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Brief measures of physical function such as gait speed may be useful to optimize treatment intensity for older adults who have blood cancer; however, little is known about whether such assessments are already captured within oncologists' "gestalt" assessments. Gait speed was assessed in 782 patients ≥75 years of age who had blood cancer, with resul...
Published in Cancer
Published in Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality for all women, including American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. The use of the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) appears to be predictive of the benefit of chemotherapy for women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. The objective of the current study was to comp...
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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the effectiveness of intensive treatment for locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC) depends on the proportion of patients' overall event risk attributable to cancer. This study analyzed 22,339 patients with LAHNC treated in 81 randomized trials testing altered fractionation (AFX; Met...
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Supplemental breast cancer screening with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended for women at high risk of breast cancer. To the authors' knowledge, recent national trends in breast MRI use are unknown. The authors used claims data from a large national insurer to calculate screening breast MRI rates from 2006 to 2016 in a US cohort...
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State-specific breast density notification legislation requires that women undergoing mammography be informed about breast density, with variation among states. Because mammography facilities are among the main points of contact for women undergoing mammography, research is needed to understand how facilities communicate information on breast densi...
Published in Cancer
Published in Cancer
Published in Cancer
Published in Cancer
