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ASCO: Overall Survival Up for African-American Men With mCRPC
Improved survival versus Caucasian men treated with docetaxel/prednisone, DP-containing regimen
ASCO: Undertreatment Seen for Women With Head & Neck Cancer
Female patients are less likely to receive intensive chemo, radiation; increased risk for death from HNC
ASCO: New Assays May Detect Early Lung Cancer in Blood
Targeted sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing show potential
DDW: Psych Disorders Make GERD Hard to Dx by Symptoms Alone
Symptoms are unreliable for establishing presence of reflux in patients with minor psychiatric disorders
ASCO: Ovarian Suppression + Tamoxifen Ups Breast CA Survival
Increased disease-free, overall survival for premenopausal women with breast cancer
DDW: Altruism, Economic Reward Motivate Fecal Donation
Logistics of collecting and transporting feces was recurrent theme impeding stool donation
DDW: Bowel Sounds May Identify Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Recording of bowel sounds allowed for IBS diagnosis with high sensitivity and specificity
ASCO: Pembrolizumab Superior for Initial Tx of Advanced NSCLC
Improved overall survival versus chemotherapy regardless of the PD-L1 tumor proportion score
ASCO: mCRC Costs Up in Western Washington vs. British Columbia
No significant difference between regions in median OS for those receiving, not receiving systemic tx
ASCO: Sunitinib Alone Noninferior in Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer
Sunitinib alone noninferior to nephrectomy plus sunitinib with respect to overall survival
