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For patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

No Specific Findings to ID Recurrence in Head and Neck CA

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No definite index of symptoms or signs indicating local recurrence, second primary malignancy
Age and obesity affect gene regulation in men with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia

Age, Obesity Affect Gene Expression in Symptomatic BPH

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Age, obesity promote methylation, suppression of 5α-reductase 2
Greater numbers of high-risk women eligible for primary prevention of breast cancer are identified by incorporating benign breast disease diagnoses into the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium risk model

Adding Benign Breast Dz to Risk Model May Boost Preventive Care

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Found to increase the number of high-risk women deemed eligible for primary prevention
Patients with small renal masses who have a radical nephrectomy are significantly more likely to experience up staging to a more advanced chronic kidney disease stage based on glomerular filtration rate ranges

Surveillance Beats Radical Nephrectomy for Small Masses

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Active surveillance equal to partial nephrectomy for renal function preservation
For patients in intensive care units who need a catheter

Subclavian Vein Catheterization Beats Jugular, Femoral Placement

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Reduces risk of blood infection, deep-vein thrombosis among critically ill
From 2003 to 2102 there was a significant increase in preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging use in women with breast cancer

Preoperative Breast MRI Use Increased From 2003 to 2012

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Eight-fold increase during 10-year period; MRI use linked to more ancillary investigations
Patients with cutaneous melanoma metastases have excellent response to intralesional interleukin 2 administered concomitantly with topical imiquimod and a retinoid cream

Intralesional IL-2 Promising for Cutaneous Melanoma Metastases

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Case series demonstrates excellent response with IL-2 combined with topical imiquimod, retinoid cream
A new report commissioned by the U.S. government contends that most Americans will encounter at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime

IOM: Most U.S. Patients Will Experience Diagnostic Error

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Panel urges changes to an increasingly complex health care system
The combination pill Lonsurf (trifluridine and tipiracil) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat metastatic colorectal cancer in patients who aren't responding to other treatments

FDA Approves Lonsurf for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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For patients with metastatic CRC previously treated with chemotherapy, biological therapy
Obesity is associated with increased risk of thyroid cancer

Review Links Obesity to Increased Thyroid Cancer Risk

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Positive link to papillary, follicular, anaplastic thyroid cancer; inverse link for medullary thyroid cancer