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Smoking is tied to worse bladder cancer outcomes following radical cystectomy

Smoking Tied to Worse Bladder Cancer Outcomes After Surgery

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Poor outcomes include lower response rate to chemotherapy, higher mortality, recurrence
Natural fertility is maintained after fertility-sparing surgery for women with borderline ovarian tumors

Women Can Conceive After Surgery for Borderline Ovarian Tumors

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Fertility maintained for women undergoing fertility-sparing surgery for borderline tumors
The overall prevalence of venous thromboembolism in patients with COVID-19 is estimated to be 14.1 percent

Review: Estimated Prevalence of VTE 14.1 Percent in COVID-19

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Venous thromboembolism found in 7.9 percent of non-ICU patients, 22.7 percent of ICU patients
American and French scientists have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work developing the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9.

U.S., French Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Recipients are University of California at Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier of France
For patients with hormone receptor-positive

Abemaciclib Beneficial for HR+, HER2− Early Breast Cancer

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Significant improvements seen in rates of invasive disease-free survival, distant recurrence-free survival
Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as preexposure prophylaxis has no clinical benefit in hospital-based health care workers exposed to patients with COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine Not Beneficial for SARS-CoV-2 Preexposure Prophylaxis

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No clinical benefit seen versus placebo for hospital-based health care workers exposed to patients with COVID-19
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Daily Aspirin May Up Growth, Spread of Cancers in Older Adults

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Authors caution that daily low-dose aspirin is linked to more late-stage cancers, related deaths in elderly
Adjuvant radiotherapy does not improve event-free survival in men with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy

Adjuvant Radiotherapy No Better for Localized Prostate Cancer

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Event-free survival not improved with use of adjuvant versus early salvage radiotherapy
Two U.S. researchers and a British scientist have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for major contributions to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis.

Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Hepatitis C Research

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Nobel Committee described their work as 'a landmark achievement in our battle against viral infections'
Greater nurse staffing and intensivist hours are associated with significantly lower rates of sepsis

Nursing, Intensivist Staffing Tied to Lower Hospital Sepsis Rates

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In contrast, greater physician staffing, hospitalist hours associated with higher sepsis rates