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Patients with multiple primary melanomas have worse overall survival than those with a single primary melanoma

Overall Survival Worse With Multiple Primary Melanomas

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Median Breslow thickness decreased from 0.90 mm for first melanoma to 0.65 mm for second melanoma
The percentage of patients achieving five-year survival following a glioblastoma diagnosis remains both steady and low

Five-Year Overall Survival for Glioblastoma Persistently Low

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Authors call for more aggressive treatments to be considered for glioblastoma patients
Current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for lung cancer screening eligibility may be too conservative for African American smokers

USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Too Conservative for Blacks

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Lowering smoking pack-year eligibility criteria would up screening eligibility for African American smokers
Nearly three-quarters of Americans are concerned about burnout among their clinicians

Americans Concerned About Clinician Burnout

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Most survey respondents believe burnout is tied to lower quality of care
A lesion visible on magnetic resonance imaging identifies a heightened risk for clinically significant prostate cancer in men undergoing first-time prostate biopsy

Combination Biopsy Strategy May Identify More Prostate Cancers

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Lesion-targeted plus systematic sampling appears to maximize the accuracy of first-time prostate biopsy
After adjustment for the nonrandom exit of clinicians

MSSP ACOs May Not Improve Spending, Quality of Care

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After adjustment for clinicians' nonrandom exit, no link seen with improvements in spending, quality
For individuals with sickle cell disease

Voxelotor Improves Hemoglobin Levels in Sickle Cell Disease

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Fewer individuals in voxelotor group versus placebo group have worsened anemia at week 24
Children with nonchromosomal birth defects have a higher relative risk for cancer

Nonchromosomal Birth Defects May Up Childhood Cancer Risk

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Study identified 40 significant, specific associations between birth defects and childhood cancer
Cancer survivors have a high prevalence of chronic pain

Cancer Survivors Have High Prevalence of Chronic Pain

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Prevalence higher for those with less than high school education, low income, public insurance
Multiple exposures to general anesthesia may be associated with neurocognitive impairment and brain imaging abnormalities in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Anesthesia Tied to Neurocognitive Impairment in Childhood ALL Survivors

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Survivors experience impairment with exposure to propofol, fluranes, longer anesthesia duration