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Research in Review

Prostate Cancer Scanning Helps Detect Further Disease, Improve Care

06/28/2017

JCP Editors

Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scans specific to prostate cancer can detect further disease and improve clinical management, according to recent research. Ga68-Prostate Specific...

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06/28/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Clinical Trials Improve Survival, Lower Costs for Patients With Cancer

06/27/2017

JCP Editors

Clinical trial participation for patients with cancer often result in measurable benefits, including lowered costs and extended survival. ----- Related Content Trial Shows Precision Medicine Improves Cancer...

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06/27/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Underused Blood Test Helps Alter Treatment Strategy for Colon Cancer

06/26/2017

JCP Editors

A routinely available blood test can help improve risk stratification and guide additional therapy for stage II colon cancer. ----- Related Content Adjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Colon Cancer Outcomes Colon...

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06/26/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Cost-Effective Substitute for Breast Cancer MRI Identified

06/26/2017

JCP Editors

A recent analysis reports a cost-effective alternative modality that demonstrates similar efficacy to traditional breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (June...

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06/26/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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High-Dose Chemo Yields Similar Survival Outcomes in Patients With AML

06/22/2017

JCP Editors

Standard induction chemotherapy is noninferior to high-dose chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...

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06/22/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Comparative Effectiveness Study Examines Treatment Options for Type of Colorectal Cancer

06/22/2017

JCP Editors

A recent study compared the effects of first-line chemotherapy with two different drugs in patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer, published in JAMA (2017;317[23]:2392-2401). ----- Related...

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06/22/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Biomarker Associated With Worse Survival Outcomes in Ovarian Cancer

06/20/2017

JCP Editors

Women with advanced ovarian cancer who express a certain tumor antigen will likely experience a shorter progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than those without the antigen, according to research...

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06/20/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Higher Dose Does Not Improve Efficacy of Gastric Cancer Treatment

06/20/2017

JCP Editors

A higher dose treatment for a type of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma showed equivalent efficacy and safety, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (published online June 2017;...

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06/20/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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Hypomethylating Agents Improve Survival in Older Patients With CMML

06/19/2017

JCP Editors

Older patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) who are treated with hypomethylating agents reduce their risk of disease-related mortality by 28%, according to new research published in Cancer (published...

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06/19/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

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RA Relapse Prediction Tool Decreases Cost of Treatment

06/19/2017

JCP Editors

Researchers developed a method of identifying candidates with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for dose reduction of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). ----- Related Content Certolizumab combo helps curb RA...

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06/19/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways