Many Americans Unaware of Promise of Personalized Medicine
41 percent are not at all familiar with personalized medicine; only 5 percent say they are very familiar
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men
Significant association for men, with positive but not statistically significant link seen for women
SABCS: Delaying Chemo Lowers Survival in Triple-Neg Breast CA
Findings show delaying chemo over 30 days postsurgery lowers triple-negative breast cancer survival
Imaging, Biopsy Often Still Needed After Mastectomy
10 to 15.5 percent of women undergo subsequent imaging; 6 to 8 percent undergo biopsy
Few Physicians Work in Practices That Use Telemedicine
Specialty and larger practice size are correlates of telemedicine use
SABCS: T-DM1 Cuts Recurrent Invasive HER2+ Breast CA Risk
Risk reduced with trastuzumab emtansine in those with residual invasive dz at sx after neoadjuvant chemo
ASH: A+CHP Bests CHOP for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Median progression-free survival improved with A+CHP vs CHOP; similar incidence of adverse events
ASH: Rivaroxaban Prevents Blood Clots in At-Risk Cancer Patients
Risk for patients in rivaroxaban group reduced during the on-treatment period
At-Home Self-Collected Samples Valid for Detecting High-Risk HPV
Participants report no difficulty understanding directions for self-collection, willing to use in future
Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging Accurately IDs Bladder Cancer
Method evaluating cells collected from urine shows 94 percent diagnostic accuracy
