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Patients who have an organ transplant may be more likely to develop skin cancer

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Risk Up in Organ Transplant Recipients

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All recipients should have full-body skin evaluations after transplant surgery, regardless of ethnicity
New guidelines have been issued by three leading cancer organizations for postmastectomy radiotherapy. All three groups published the guidelines online this week in their respective journals: the Journal of Clinical Oncology

ASCO/ASTRO/SSO Update Guidelines on Postmastectomy RT

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Clear evidence that PMRT benefit extends to women with limited lymph node involvement
Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians

Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain

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Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
There is no connection between vasectomy and overall risk of prostate cancer or prostate cancer mortality

No Link Found Between Vasectomy, Prostate Cancer Risk

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Large study challenges previous research linking the procedure to slightly higher chance of disease
Staff members at nearly one in 10 major U.S. cancer centers -- all of which provide palliative care services -- weren't certain such symptom-management and supportive care was actually available there

Some Cancer Center Staff Uncertain of Services Offered

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'Mystery shopper' study shows one in 10 facilities provided misinformation on palliative care services
The average annual premiums for single and family coverage remained stable in 2016

Average Premiums for Health Care Coverage Stable in 2016

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Family premium 3 percent higher in 2016 than 2015; no change in share of firms offering health benefits
For young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Adding Rituximab to Chemo Ups Event-Free Survival in ALL

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Findings in young adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia
For hypogonadal men with prostate cancer

Testosterone Seems Safe for Hypogonadal Prostate CA Patients

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Testosterone therapy seems oncologically safe after treatment or for those on active surveillance
For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Study Supports Minimal Residual Disease As End Point in Myeloma

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MRD-negative status linked to favorable progression-free, overall survival in multiple myeloma
There was a decrease in cancer mortality from 1999 to 2014 for children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years

Recent Decline in Cancer Mortality for Children, Teens

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Twenty percent decrease in cancer death rate among children and adolescents from 1999 to 2014