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201. Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2023 - to draw conclusions regarding differences in IBR or other outcomes according to individual patient, tumor … , and how differences in effectiveness and harms may be influenced by patient, tumor, and treatment factors … There were no significant differences in IBR or other outcomes according to patient, tumor, and treatment … omission has become a key area of ongoing investigation among younger patients with biologically favorable tumors … Early results of the LUMINA trial support the hypothesis that highly selected women with Luminal A-like tumors

202. Cancer Survivorship Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2022 - Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death past infancy among children in the United States … , but more children are surviving cancer. … Although survival rates vary depending on the type of cancer and other factors (e.g., age at diagnosis … premature/accelerated aging, cardiotoxicity, endocrine dysfunction, reproductive health issues, secondary cancers … Disparities and Barriers for Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care Cancer Survivorship

203. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - ) staging (specifically, a lower chance of undersizing the tumor). … in patients whose disease is unstaged; EUS-FNA has a slight advantage over MDCT with respect to T (tumor … ) staging (specifically, a lower chance of undersizing the tumor); MDCT and MRI are similarly accurate … Tethered Spinal Cord Research Protocol Jul 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-pancreas/research  

204. An Evidence Review of Active Surveillance in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - “Tumor volume” is probably the wrong search term. … We did not include % of cores in tumor volume. … incidence after the introduction of PSA-based screening is among low-stage tumors. … in lieu of locally advanced cancers. … integral dose results in detectable clinical differences----presumably in side effects and second malignancies-over

205. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer. … cancer? … Your doctor can use your PSA level, Gleason score, and tumor score (T-score) to determine your risk … Tumor Score (T-score) The T-score tells how far your prostate cancer has grown. … cancer.

206. Cancer Chemotherapy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 20, 2024 - Cancer cells keep growing without control. Chemotherapy is drug therapy for cancer. … It works by killing the cancer cells, stopping them from spreading, or slowing their growth. … Your treatment plan will depend on the cancer type, the chemotherapy drugs used, the treatment goal, … NIH: National Cancer Institute Source https://medlineplus.gov/cancerchemotherapy.html … Research Protocol August 18, 2023 Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer

207. Cancer Immunotherapy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 20, 2024 - fight cancer. … When you have cancer, some of your cells begin to multiply without stopping. … Some immunotherapies can "mark" your cancer cells. … It is a type of targeted therapy, a treatment that specifically targets cancer cells. … For bladder cancer, they might place it directly into your bladder.

208. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2012 - typically presents at a much later stage than other common cancers.1 This in turn has led to intense … identified at Stage I may represent a subgroup of less aggressive tumors rather than a necessary first … step in the development of all tumors. … If this is the case, screening, which is more likely to identify slower growing tumors, may have only … of detected cancers: results of the prevalence screen of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer

209. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer … Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer … reducing normal tissue toxicity and adverse events, and improving quality of life; (2) in improving local tumor … Systematic Review Sep 17, 2020 Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/head-neck-cancer/research  

210. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2022 - "[MeSH Terms] 9 "biomarkers, tumor"[MeSH Terms] 10 "Cancer Care Facilities"[MeSH Terms] 11 "oncology … /Abstract] 14 "Early Diagnosis of Cancer"[Title/Abstract] 15 "cancer early diagnos*"[Title/Abstract] … 16 "tumor biomarker*"[Title/Abstract] 17 "biologic tumor marker*"[Title/Abstract] 18 "cancer biomarker … "[MeSH Terms] 90 "biomarkers, tumor"[MeSH Terms] 91 "Cancer Care Facilities"[MeSH Terms] 92 "oncology … 97 "tumor biomarker*"[Title/Abstract] 98 "biologic tumor marker*"[Title/Abstract] 99 "cancer biomarker

211. Radioterapia para tratar el cáncer de cabeza y cuello | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2020 - De acuerdo al National Cancer Institute (Instituto Nacional del Cáncer), el cáncer de cabeza y cuello … la radiación que alcanza a los tejidos sanos alrededor del tumor. … 2010 titulado Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiation Therapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer … Project Timeline Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update Feb 3, 2014 … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/head-neck-cancer-update/espanol  

212. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2013 - They vary by liver function, performance status, and tumor stage. … Patients with low tumor burden (typically < 3 tumors all less than 3 cm) are offered percutaneous/operative … If they have more advanced disease (intermediate-staged HCC) with multifocal tumors or large tumors … Childs C patients typically are not candidates for cancer directed therapies with rare exception. … Childs C patients typically are not candidates for cancer directed therapies with rare exception.

213. What is the comparative effectiveness of different models of survivorship care and sets of services on late and long-term net health outcomes (e.g., for breast cancer)? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition. … , the essential components of survivorship care are as follows: Prevention of recurrent and new cancers … , and of other late effects; Surveillance for cancer spread, recurrence, or second cancers; assessment … survivorship care therefore include earlier detection and treatment of recurrence or new primary cancers … Cancer survivors generally face the risk of recurrence, often higher risks of new primary cancers (

214. Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2012 - In addition, the prior probability of malignancy based on the patients risk of breast cancer is rarely … Anderson Cancer Center13 that compared length of survival of metastatic breast cancer patients treated … There is a considerable body of literature discussing lobular cancers and difficulties in detecting … biopsies revealed 34% malignancies, of which 78.4% were invasive cancers and 21.6% were ductal carcinoma … as distinguished from CADe (computer-aided detection), and CADq (computer-aided quantification of tumor

215. Treating Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2020 - How common is prostate cancer? … Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer. … Your doctor can use your PSA level, Gleason score, and tumor score (T-score) to determine your risk level … Tumor Score (T-score) The T-score tells how far your prostate cancer has grown. … cancer.

216. DST_Draft_Protocol_Nov_4_2013_clean (2) (pdf file)
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     November 12, 2013 - (breast, colon, lung and prostate), and according to high prevalence versus rare cancers. … modified to the correct terminology for CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and any other databases searched: ("Neoplasms … "[Mesh] OR cancer OR cancers OR neoplasm* OR malignan* OR premalignan* OR precancerous OR hypertrophy … and after”[tiab] or interrupted time*[tiab] or time serie*[tiab] or intervention*[tiab]))) AND (("Neoplasms … "[Mesh] OR cancer OR cancers OR neoplasm* OR malignan* OR premalignan* OR precancerous)) Filters:Publication

217. Bone Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 29, 2023 - Description Cancer that starts in a bone is uncommon. … Cancer that has spread to the bone from another part of the body is more common. … The most common symptom of bone cancer is pain. … Other symptoms vary, depending on the location and size of the cancer. … Surgery is often the main treatment for bone cancer.

218. Treatments for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2019 - Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are among the most common malignancies in … Also Like Systematic Review Aug 20, 2024 Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer … Research Protocol Jul 22, 2024 Blood-based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: … and Harms Systematic Review Jan 31, 2023 Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/skin-cancer/research  

219. Disparities and Barriers for Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 24, 2020 - SHARE: Disparities and Barriers for Pediatric Cancer … Technical Brief This technical brief was commissioned by the National Cancer … of the existing evidence and forthcoming research relevant to disparities and barriers for pediatric cancer

220. Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 17, 2020 - Prostate cancer is common among older men. It is rare in men younger than 40. … Symptoms of prostate cancer may include Problems passing urine, such as pain, difficulty starting … These tests are also used in prostate cancer screening , which looks for cancer before you have symptoms … Treatment often depends on the stage of the cancer. … Men with prostate cancer have many treatment options.