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For women undergoing screening mammography

Increase in Biopsies With DCIS, Invasive CA After Mammogram

Biopsy frequency up after diagnostic, but not screening, mammography
Core needle biopsy is a more sensitive tool than fine-needle aspiration cytology for cervical lymphadenopathy evaluation

Core Needle Biopsy Helpful With Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Findings compared to fine-needle aspiration cytology, especially for lymphoma
Current smoking reduces odds of survival in prostate cancer

Current Smoking Reduces Survival in Prostate Cancer

Former, as well as current, smokers saw higher risk for radiation tx-related urinary side effects
A smartphone application providing real-time advice about sun protection offers some improvement in sun protection behaviors

Real-Time Mobile App Can Improve Sun Protection

Two studies demonstrate some improvement in sun protection behaviors
Many women with breast cancer lack basic knowledge about their disease

Many Breast Cancer Patients Lack Knowledge of Their Disease

Problem more pronounced among minority women
Prostate biopsies that combine magnetic resonance imaging technology with ultrasound appear to give men better information regarding the seriousness of their cancer

MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy May Yield Better Results

Spots more aggressive cancer, but fewer low-risk cases
For patients with head and neck cancers undergoing radiation therapy

Exercise Regimen Beneficial in Head, Neck CA Radiation Tx

Significant benefits of exercise regimen in reducing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement
The biggest clinical cancer advances for 2015 have been identified in an annual report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology

ASCO Reports Biggest Clinical Cancer Advances for 2015

The advance of the year is approval of four new therapies for treatment of CLL
The risk for developing a glioma appears to go up with long-term use of hormonal contraceptives

Hormonal Contraceptives Linked to Higher Risk of Glioma

But odds of any one user getting the tumor remain extremely small, experts stress
Physicians have ranked electronic health record systems based on five key performance areas

Physicians Rank the Best EHR Systems of 2014

EHRs ranked in five performance areas, including quality of care, patient portal, technical support