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Physicians with one or more paid malpractice claims are more likely to leave practice or shift into smaller practice settings

Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine

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Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice
Tooth loss is associated with an increased risk for incident pancreatic cancer in African-American women

Tooth Loss May Up Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Black Women

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Pancreatic cancer risk increased with tooth loss, especially loss of five or more teeth
Adding docetaxel-based chemotherapy to standard treatment for high-risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer improves survival

Docetaxel Chemo Ups Survival in High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

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Findings based on addition of docetaxel chemotherapy to androgen suppression, radiotherapy
A California man who said that Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer was awarded $80 million in damages by a jury in San Francisco on Wednesday.

California Man Awarded $80 Million in Roundup Lawsuit

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Jury previously found Roundup was a significant factor in plaintiff's non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Taxane plus platinum regimens may be a reasonable alternative to doxorubicin plus cisplatin as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for endometrial cancer that carries a high risk for progression

Taxane + Platinum Feasible for Adjuvant Tx in Endometrial Cancer

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Tolerability, survival similar to that for doxorubicin + cisplatin for postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy
Women with dense breasts who get mammograms must be told of their higher risk for breast cancer under new rules proposed Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA: Breast Density Must Be Reported to Women During Mammograms

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Proposed rule would also tighten FDA regulation of mammogram facilities
For patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Radiomic Features May Predict Response to Chemo in NSCLC

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Peritumoral, intratumoral radiomic features on baseline CT scans may predict chemo response
The 2019 healthiest community in America is Douglas County

Douglas County, Colorado, Ranked as Healthiest Community

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Seven of top 20 communities were in Colorado; nearly all adults in these counties exercise
It is too early to ban a type of breast implant recently linked to a rare form of cancer

FDA Panel: Too Early to Ban Breast Implant Linked With Cancer

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Evidence growing that certain breast implants can trigger a rare form of lymphoma
A short course of calcipotriol plus 5-fluorouracil treatment for actinic keratosis is associated with induction of robust T cell immunity and reduced development of squamous cell carcinoma within three years

Topical Immunotx for Actinic Keratosis May Prevent Cancer

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Fewer patients treated with calcipotriol plus 5-FU developed SCC on treated face, scalp within three years