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Ten-year overall survival for primary breast cancer patients treated with sentinel lymph node dissection alone is similar to that seen in those treated with axillary lymph node dissection

Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Non-Inferior to Axillary Node

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Findings among women with T1 or T2 invasive primary breast cancer
The age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate decreased 25 percent from 1991 to 2014

AACR Releases 2017 Cancer Progress Report

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Twenty-five percent decrease in age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate from 1991 to 2014
Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

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Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
Humanitarian surgical care has been provided to local national civilians during the Afghanistan conflict

Study Details Humanitarian Surgical Care in Afghanistan

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A total of 5,768 local national civilians had surgery; 49.3 percent classified as non-war-related conditions
The top 10 percent of privately insured U.S. adults without cancer using opioids account for most opioid use

Most Opioid Use Concentrated in Top 10 Percent of Users

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Top 10 percent of users accounted for 76 percent of the total annual morphine equivalents
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

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One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
For patients with locally advanced

Longer Progression-Free Survival for Durvalumab in NSCLC

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Longer median progression-free survival from randomization, higher response rate with durvalumab
The median cost of cancer drug development is $648.0 million

Median Cost of Cancer Drug Development $648.0 Million

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Total revenue from sales of 10 drugs was $67.0 billion, with total R&D spending of $7.2 billion

Center Surgical Volume Linked to LVAD Patient Outcomes

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Worse survival at centers performing ≤10 left ventricular assist device implants/year
Several health care-related organizations have filed an amicus brief in support of veterans seeking a rule change that would amend or repeal the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs policy of not covering sex-reassignment surgery for veterans with gender dysphoria

AMA Joins Brief Seeking VA Coverage of Sex Reassignment Sx

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Several organizations support transgender veterans seeking to repeal policy of not covering SRS