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The 21-gene recurrence score (Oncotype DX) seems to accurately identify women with early-stage breast cancer who don't need chemotherapy

Gene Test IDs Breast CA Patients Who May Not Need Chemo

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Analysis can help women who won't benefit from additional treatment to avoid side effects
Guidelines have been updated for screening and treatment for tuberculosis infection among health care personnel

Recs Updated for TB Screening, Treatment in Health Care Workers

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Guidelines include preplacement TB risk assessment, postexposure symptom evaluation and testing
Girls from families with a history of breast cancer experience greater breast cancer-specific distress

Greater Breast CA-Specific Distress for Girls With Family Hx

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No difference in psychosocial adjustment for girls with versus without family history of breast cancer
Since initiation of the iPLEDGE program in 2006 to reduce fetal exposure to isotretinoin

Pregnancies in Women Taking Isotretinoin Dropped Since 2006

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Pregnancies reduced in women taking isotretinoin since iPLEDGE initiation in 2006, but exposure persists
Compared with non-Hispanic White physicians

Burnout Less Likely for Doctors in Minority Race/Ethnic Groups

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Non-Hispanic Black physicians more likely to report satisfaction with work-life integration versus White doctors

SABCS: Risk-Reducing Surgery Improves Outcomes in Young Breast Cancer Patients With BRCA Mutations

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Findings show survival benefits for both risk-reducing mastectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy

The global burden of serious health-related suffering is set to increase 47 percent by 2060

Global Burden of Serious Health-Related Suffering to Double by 2060

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Fastest increases seen in low-income countries, among older people, and for those with dementia
Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are now much more likely to survive the disease than they were several decades ago

Survival Improving for Women With Ovarian Cancer

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Women diagnosed today 50 percent less likely to die than they were in the 1970s
After menopause

Insulin Resistance Ups Breast Cancer Risk Regardless of BMI

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Study of postmenopausal women suggests hormone levels matter more than excess weight
A woman's prognosis after an ovarian cancer diagnosis may be affected by a number of unexpected factors

Hypertension May Positively Affect Ovarian Cancer Prognosis

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Linked to 46 percent lower risk of progression for women with endometrioid ovarian cancer