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Short-term survival of heritable retinoblastoma is high

Retinoblastoma Mortality Up With Eye-Preserving Radiotherapy

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Second malignancies remain major cause of death in retinoblastoma survivors
A new study indicates that 8 percent of patients -- or one in 12 -- already diagnosed with one form of cancer will develop a second type of unrelated cancer. The findings were published online  July 5 in Cancer.

Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients

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Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
Coronary artery calcification progression is no better for predicting cardiovascular disease events than follow-up CAC

CAC Progression Doesn’t Improve Prediction of CVD Events

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In a model including follow-up CAC, CAC progression not linked with total CVD events
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
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
Gadolinium exposure seems not to be associated with parkinsonism

Gadolinium Exposure From MRI Not Linked to Parkinsonism

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No significantly increased risk of parkinsonism for patients with cumulative gadolinium exposure
There seems to be little difference in efficiency between inpatient vascular laboratories and outpatient vascular laboratories

Outpatient Vascular Labs No More Efficient Than Inpatient Labs

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General administration time and delay in patient arrival greater in outpatient labs
Radiologists and technologists have better knowledge about the risks associated with medical imaging examinations than referring physicians

Knowledge of CT Risks Varies Among Health Care Providers

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Radiologists and technologists generally show better knowledge than referring physicians
In 2016

U.S. Cancer Survivors Aging, Battling Other Chronic Disease

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Likelihood of other chronic conditions will stress health care system in next two decades