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12 Aug 2020 - UK Medical News Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Scotland study of the EarlyCDT-Lung test
The seven antibody panel demonstrated high specificity and moderate sensitivity for detecting lung cancer at two years.
13 Aug 2020 - UK Medical News Skin cancer diagnoses in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
Analysis of data from the Northern Cancer Network.
13 Aug 2020 - UK Medical News UK COVID-19 Daily: 1 in 6 maternity staff seropositive
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13 Aug 2020 - Oncology guidelines update from Ann Oncol New guidelines on managing chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity
Joint recommendations from ESMO, the European Association of Neuro-Oncology, and the European Oncology Nursing Society
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from J Clin Oncol Update to ASCO metastatic pancreatic cancer guidelines
Guideline focuses advice on appropriate therapy after disease progression or intolerable toxicity.
13 Aug 2020 - UK Medical News Expand breast screening to women 40-49 years old to save lives, study finds
Results from the UK Breast Screening Age Trial published in the Lancet Oncology.
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from JAMA Netw Open Many older adults 'overscreened' for cancer
Overscreening particularly high for women living in metropolitan areas.
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from JAMA Netw Open Older adults are overscreened for cancer
Screening outside the recommended age range may cause more harm than good.
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from AACR Nosocomial COVID-19 is tied to higher mortality in patients with cancer
Cancer treatment in COVID-19-free zones is preferable.
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from AACR Higher death rate in cancer patients with nosocomial COVID-19
Cancer treatment is preferable in COVID-19-free zones.
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from Gynecol Oncol Recurrent cervical cancer: add-on bevacizumab to carboplatin-paclitaxel combo shows activity
Phase 2 trial shows acceptable toxicity.
13 Aug 2020 - Medical news from Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) Systemic inflammation linked to treatment response in anal squamous cell cancer
The influence of systemic inflammation on treatment response and survival in anal squamous cell cancer
13 Aug 2020 - Univadis Medical News Risk of infection following CAR T-cell therapy for diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Infection is common in patients treated with CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, but it is not associated with higher mortality
12 Aug 2020 - UK Medical News Scotland approves neratinib for breast cancer
Drug approved for early HER2-positive breast cancer in patients who have had surgery.
12 Aug 2020 - UK Medical News UK COVID-19 Daily: older kids' virus spreading, COVID safer sex tips
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12 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from J Clin Oncol Endometrial cancer: molecular classification has prognostic value
Identifies a molecular subtype tied to the greatest benefit with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
12 Aug 2020 - Univadis Clinical Summaries from J Natl Cancer Inst Advanced breast cancer: no PFS effect of high BMI after abemaciclib+ET
Pooled analysis of 2 RCTs, Monarch 2 and 3, involving more than 1000 patients.

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