Nonsurgical Therapy Increasing for Advanced Oral Cavity SCC
Surgical therapy linked to significantly improved mean disease-specific and overall survival
Capping Copays Will Raise Premiums, Up Drug Prices
Capping likely to benefit about 1 percent of all Americans who take any prescription drug per year
Radiation Effect on Epigenetic Modifiers May Up Metabolic Risk
Insulin signaling chronically disrupted in skeletal muscle, adipose progenitor cells from irradiated mice
Benign-Appearing Pediatric Skin Lesions May Be Melanoma
Benign-appearing lesions often deeper, have higher T stage than clinically malignant appearing lesions
Many Doctors Reluctant to Reveal Mental Health Issues
Perceived stigma, fear of career repercussions hinder treatment, study suggests
ASTRO: Fewer Side Effects With IMRT in Cervical, Endometrial CA
Patients in conventional radiotherapy arm had more high-level adverse events than those in IMRT arm
ASTRO: No Survival Benefit for Adding EBT to Brachytherapy
Addition of external beam therapy doesn't improve five-year progression-free survival in prostate cancer
ASTRO: SBRT Ups Survival in Older Early-Stage NSCLC Patients
Findings suggest SBRT should be standard for patients treated with radiation for stage I NSCLC
Little to No Benefit Found for Colonoscopy After Age 75
But risk for adverse events low
Hyperbaric O2 Therapy Effective in Maxillary Osteoradionecrosis
Positive clinical outcome with HBOT for 85.7 percent of patients with maxillary bone osteoradionecrosis
