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An estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer, and approximately 40,930 breast cancer deaths (40,480 women, 450 men), are expected to occur among women in the United States during 2008.
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In an effort to identify those individuals with indolent prostate cancers that may be best suited for a "watchful waiting" management strategy, Chun and colleagues compared pre-surgical data to the operative findings in 1132 consecutive patients with localized prostate cancer referred for surgery over an 11 year period.
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Guidelines for prediabetes from The American College of Endocrinology; statins for the prevention of dementia? Possible help for women suffering from sexual side effects while on antidepressants; government incentives for electronic prescribing; FDA Actions.
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In an effort to determine the influence of chemotherapy on elderly patients with colorectal cancer, Bouvier and colleagues measured quality of life at 3 month intervals in a community-based population of registry-identified cancer patients.
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The optimal duration of oral anticoagulation therapy after an initial symptomatic deep venous thrombosis remains unknown.
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Oncologists are aware of the importance of obesity in both the risk for developing cancer and in shortened survival among cancer patients. Recently, there has been an increased awareness of a similar pattern of risk among individuals with reduced muscle mass.
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For many years, chiropractic medicine often has been viewed with skepticism and even ridicule by organized medicine. Yet, we have all had patients who praise their chiropractor for taking care of symptoms for which we have only pills and physical therapy to offer.