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Background
It is difficult to predict whether a patient with head and neck cancer (HNC) is more likely to die of the cancer or another comorbidity. Competing event models can help to identify individual patients or groups of patients who may be undertreated or overtreated in clinical practice.
Methods
Patients with HNC (n = 884), aged 18 to 85 years and diagnosed from 2000 to 2015 with stage II...
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Current estimates suggest that 75% of children diagnosed with a central nervous system (CNS) tumor will become 5‐year survivors. However, survivors of childhood CNS tumors are at increased risk for long‐term morbidity.
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To determine long‐term neuropsychological and socioeconomic status (SES) outcomes, adult survivors of pediatric low‐grade gliomas (n = 181) in the Childhood Cancer...
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Distress Thermometer (DT) uses a 10‐point scale (in which 0 indicates no distress and 10 indicates extreme distress) to measure patient‐reported distress. In the current study, the authors sought to examine the relationship between treatment and NCCN DT scores in patients with breast cancer over time.
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The authors included women...
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The efficacy of daratumumab (DARA) both as a monotherapy and in combination with standard‐of‐care regimens in multiple myeloma (MM) has been established in clinical trials. This article presents a retrospective analysis of the safety and efficacy of DARA in combination with pomalidomide (POM) and dexamethasone (ie, daratumumab, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone [DARA‐POM‐D]) and, more importantly,...
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Childhood cancer survivors are at risk for adverse psychological outcomes. Whether exercise can attenuate this risk is unknown.
Methods
In total, 6199 participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (median age, 34.3 years [range, 22.0‐54.0 years]; median age at diagnosis, 10.0 years [range, 0‐21.0 years]) completed a questionnaire assessing vigorous exercise and medical/psychological...
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Hemiablation is a less morbid treatment alternative for appropriately selected patients with unilateral prostate cancer (PCa). However, to the authors’ knowledge, traditional diagnostic techniques inadequately identify appropriate candidates. In the current study, the authors quantified the accuracy for identifying hemiablation candidates using contemporary diagnostic techniques, including...
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Adults with poor access to care are known to have worse quality of life (QOL). The purpose of the current study was to determine differences in cancer survivors’ access to care by sexual orientation and to examine the association between access to care and QOL.
Methods
The current secondary data analysis used 4 years of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data regarding adult...
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The eighth edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (AJCC 8) incorporates depth of invasion (DOI) into the pathologic tumor (pT) classification and pathologic extranodal extension (pENE) into the pathologic nodal (pN) classification for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). This study evaluated the incidence and prognostic importance of stage migration as a result of these changes...
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In the current study, the authors investigated the incidence of moderate to severe chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) for chemotherapy regimens commonly used in current clinical practice for the treatment of patients with early breast cancer. Patient‐reported and clinician‐assessed CIPN severity scores were compared, and risk factors for CIPN severity were identified.
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The current study was performed to evaluate the influence of race on the association between biopsy grade group (GrGp) and the risk of detectable prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) and adverse histopathological outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP).
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Data regarding 4073 men (1344 African American men; 33%) who were treated with RP were categorized based on the 5‐tiered GrGp system...
The rarity and heterogeneity of sarcomas make performing appropriately powered studies challenging and magnify the significance of large databases in sarcoma research. Established large tumor registries and population‐based databases have become increasingly relevant for answering clinical questions regarding sarcoma incidence, treatment patterns, and outcomes. However, the validity of large databases...
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China accounts for approximately 27% of global cancer deaths. However, to the authors' knowledge, the lasting effects of cancer and cancer treatments on patients have not been investigated in China. The authors developed a questionnaire, the China Survey of Experiences with Cancer, for Chinese cancer survivors. This article introduces the study design and domains covered in the questionnaire...
Localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has an associated risk of recurrence after nephrectomy. Several clinical risk models attempt to predict oncologic outcomes based on clinical and pathologic features. In addition, novel gene signatures have been developed to refine risk prediction based on tumor biology. Systemic therapies targeting angiogenic pathways that are effective in metastatic RCC failed...
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The pivotal E1684, E1690, E1694, and E2696 trials of adjuvant high‐dose interferon‐α (HDI) enrolled nearly 2000 patients, and established HDI as the standard of care in adjuvant therapy for patients with resected high‐risk melanoma. Herein, the authors present an updated analysis of these 4 trials.
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Survival and disease status were updated in September 2016. These data represent...
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Several multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have demonstrated activity in patients with thyroid cancer that is refractory to radioactive iodine (RAI). The antitumor effect is attributed at least in part to the ability of these TKIs to inhibit angiogenesis in these vascular tumors. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Trap (VT) is a recombinantly produced fusion protein...
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