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MEDIA ADVISORY: Cancer Care in an Election Year and Incorporating Patient Values Among Highlights at NCCN Annual Conference, March 31–April 2, 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY Cancer Care in an Election Year and Incorporating Patient Values Among Highlights at NCCN Annual Conference, March 31-April 2, 2016 What: The influence of election year politics on cancer care, the safe use of opioids in pain management, and ways to elicit and incorporate patient values into cancer care are among the topics to be addressed at the NCCN 21st Annual Conference:Advancing the Standard of Cancer Care. More than 1,700 of the nation's leaders in oncology are ex... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 10, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Diabetes Treatment May Affect Breast Density (U.S. NewsandWorld Report)
This article features commentary from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center-one of the 26 NCCN Member Institutions. ... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 9, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Study Identifies Possible Marker for Lung Cancer Chemotherapy (The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center –James Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute)
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 9, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Breast Cancer Triggers PTSD Symptoms in 80% of Women (Medscape)
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Women Often Overestimate Odds That Early Breast Cancer Will Return, Spread (U.S. News and World Report)
This article contains commentary fr... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

When Prostate Cancer Spreads, Where it Goes Matters —a Lot (STAT)
This article features a study led by researchers at Duke Cancer Institute-one of the 26 NCCN Member Institutions. ... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

More Women with Cancer in One Breast are Having Double Mastectomies. That Might Not be a Good Idea. (The Washington Post)
For years, doctors and researchers have been concerned about a surprising trend: More and more women with early-stage cancer in one breast were choosing to have double mastectomies to reduce the risk of cancer in the other. Many of the patients said they thought an aggressive approach would help their quality of life by lessening their worries about future cancer and making them more comfortable with their bodies. But new evidence from Duke Cancer Institute-one of the 26 NCCN Member Instit... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

When Prostate Cancer Spreads, Where it Goes Matters—a Lot (STAT)
This article features a study led by researchers at Duke Cancer Institute-one of the 26 NCCN Member Institutions. ... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Quantifying Aspirin ’s Reduction in Cancer Risk (The New York Times)
Many people take a daily low-dose aspirin to lower the risk of heart disease, and several studies have shown that regular aspirin use reduces the risk for some cancers. Now a long-term analysis has found that its population-wide benefits against cancer may be even greater than previously believed. Researchers studied aspirin use in 135,965 health care professionals, men and women, tracking their health for as long as 32 years. Over the course of the study, published in JAMA Oncology, there we... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 4, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Target Specific Protein Associated with Poor Survival and Treatment Resistance in Brain Cancer Patients
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with low survival rates, with newly diagnosed patients surviving a median of 14 months and recurrent patients surviving a median of only three to nine months. New therapeutic targets and biomarkers for prognosis are urgently needed. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers recently reported that expression of the protein BIRC3 is associated with poor survival and recurrent disease in GBM patients; and therefore may be a good therapeutic t... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 4, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Quantifying Aspirin’s Reduction in Cancer Risk (The New York Times)
Many people take a daily low-dose aspirin to lower the risk of heart disease, and several studies have shown that regular aspirin use reduces the risk for some cancers. Now a long-term analysis has found that its population-wide benefits against cancer may be even greater than previously believed. Researchers studied aspirin use in 135,965 health care professionals, men and women, tracking their health for as long as 32 years. Over the course of the study, published in JAMA Oncology, there we... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 4, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

New Lymphoma and Leukemia Patient-Friendly Guides Put Out by the NCCN, a Cancer Network
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 4, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Living with Cancer Blog: Check These Resources for Online Cancer Treatment Guidelines (Mayo Clinic Cancer Center)
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

New IOM Report Underscores Diversity of Ovarian Cancer Subtypes, Highlights Research Priorities (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
Ovarian cancer, one of the deadliest malignancies, is actually a constellation of different cancers that may originate in other organs and should not be treated as a single disease, concludes a new congressionally mandated report on the state of ovarian cancer incidence, treatment and research. The report, published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, also highlights persistent serious disparities in delivery of care across differe... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news