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Detection of circulating tumor DNA after resection of stage II colon cancer may identify patients at increased risk of recurrence

Circulating Tumor DNA May Help Predict Colon CA Recurrence

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Findings in patients after resection of stage II colon cancer
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is appealing to physicians to join the agency as part of its recovery from a 2014 scandal linked to excessive wait times

VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency

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Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
In patients with lung cancer as the cause of death

Nonsolid Nodules Unlikely to Cause Death in Lung Cancer

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Lung cancers that manifest as nonsolid nodules seem to have indolent course
For men with metastatic prostate cancer

DNA-Repair Gene Mutations ID’d in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Prevalence of 11.8 percent for germline DNA-repair gene mutations presumed to be deleterious
Neratinib and veliparib-carboplatin appear to be effective in women with specific subtypes of breast cancer

Neratinib Active in HER2-Positive, HR-Negative Breast Cancer

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And higher pathologic complete response for veliparib-carboplatin in triple-negative breast cancer
Compared with 2012

Docs Tending Away From Post-Prostatectomy Adjuvant RT

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Urologists in Australia less favorable toward adjuvant radiotherapy in 2015 versus 2012
Only about half of trials registered at ClinicalTrials.gov are listed in the largest data-sharing repository

Many Clinical Trials Are Not Listed in Data-Sharing Repository

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Fifty-three percent of randomized clinical trials were listed at Clinical Study Data Request website
Women with a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3 have increased risks of subsequent development of anal

Risk of Noncervical Anogenital Cancer Up With History of CIN2/3

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Women with history of CIN2/3 have increased long-term risk of anal, vulvar, vaginal cancers
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are increasingly being legalized

Euthanasia, Doc-Assisted Suicide Increasingly Being Legalized

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Increasing, strong public support for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Western Europe
Laser treatment of pigmented lesions can complicate the diagnosis of melanoma and potentially lead to a delay in diagnosis

Laser Tx of Pigmented Lesions May Obscure Melanoma Diagnosis

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In nine of 11 cases identified, no histologic assessment was conducted before laser therapy