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101. Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 21, 2013 - Further, PET exams can produce false-negative results in metabolically inactive tumors or false-positive … Although we have grouped all colon and rectal cancers together as “colorectal cancer” as an inclusion … The process of categorizing tumors as per standardized classification systems based on the size, extent … exp Colorectal Neoplasms/ or exp colon cancer/ or exp colon tumor/ or exp rectum cancer/ or exp rectum … $)).ti,ab. 2 Staging neoplasm staging/ or cancer staging/ or (stag$ or restag$ or re-stag$).ti,

102. Colorectal-Cancer-Liver-Metastases-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - Most colorectal cancers are adenocarcinomas, meaning that they are a cancer of the epithelium originating … Is extended hepatectomy for hepatobiliary malignancy justified? … Extended hepatectomy in patients with hepatobiliary malignancies with and without preoperative portal … HIF1A overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in a cohort of 731 colorectal cancers. … Recommendations for radioembolization of hepatic malignancies using Yttrium-90 microsphere brachytherapy

103. Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 14, 2009 - Jan. 1, 2005 Topic Initiated Sep. 14, 2009 Technical Brief Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer … It may be more effective or less harmful than other forms of radiotherapy for some cancers. … In brief, there are many publications on particle (mainly proton) beam therapy for the treatment of cancer … radiotherapies (e.g., IMRT, conventional radiotherapy or stereotactic photon radiosurgery) in many cancers … especially important in the light of the anticipated diffusion of this technology to treating common cancers

104. Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care
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     June 08, 2018 - Home Consumers Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Archived … PREV Introduction Prostate Cancer Treatment Options What Is Important … Page 5 of 24 How Is Prostate Cancer Found? … Prostate cancer is usually found during a routine exam or through screening. … doctor or nurse figure out the shape of your prostate gland and check for hard spots that might be tumors

105. Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care
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     June 08, 2018 - Also, brachytherapy alone is usually not used to treat tumors that extend outside the edges of the prostate … clinic or hospital over several weeks. 3DRT uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor … Advanced treatment machines then target the tumor as specifically as possible while trying to avoid hurting … the healthy cells around the cancer. … The proton radiation beam stops more suddenly than a photon beam after reaching the tumor.

106. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2008 - e.g., Gleason score, tumor volume, screen vs. clinically detected tumors) affect the outcomes of interventions … How do tumor characteristics, e.g., Gleason score, tumor volume, screen vs. clinically detected tumors … Men with low-grade prostate cancers had a minimal risk of dying from prostate cancer (7 percent with … Low • The risk of overall or prostate cancer death over 10 years for PSA-detected prostate cancers according … High • Screening with PSA testing detects more prostate cancer and cancers of smaller volume, earlier

107. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2006 - (deficiency of red blood cells) occurs in 13-78 percent of patients undergoing treatment for solid tumors … Tumor type, treatment regimen, and history of prior cancer therapy influence the risk and severity of … For example, among patients with solid tumors, the frequency of anemia severe enough to require red blood … cell transfusion is highest for those with lung, gynecologic, and genitourinary tumors. … Whether erythropoietic stimulants accelerate progression of some cancers, as reported by one study (n

108. Lung Cancer Screening With Low-DoseComputed Tomography (LDCT) (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - ung Cancer Screening: A Summary Guide for Primary Care Clinicians Lung Cancer Screening With Low-Dose … In 2012, lung cancer deaths accounted for about 27 percent of all cancer-related deaths in the United … Smoking is the largest risk factor for lung cancer, causing about 85 percent of lung cancer cases in … with LDCT in reducing lung cancer deaths. … calcifications) and other lung findings (emphysema, bronchiectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, carcinoid tumors

109. Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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110. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2015 - PBT Tumor control and survival ��� ��� ��� Grade ≥2 late xerostomia* Significantly reduced incidence … , salivary gland dysfunction, swallowing dysfunction) ��� ��� ��� Effects of specific patient and tumor … needed to determine the comparative effectiveness of IMRT, 3DCRT, SBRT, and PBT: �– In achieving tumor … improving quality of life �– In understanding how outcomes are affected by the characteristics of the tumor … chemotherapy) �� An important area of investigation is the potential impact of human papillomavirus-positive tumors

111. Head and Neck Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 04, 2014 - Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update Research Protocol Archived February … 4, 2014 Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update Systematic Review … Archived December 9, 2014 Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Clinician … Summary Archived September 2, 2015 Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer … September 2, 2015 Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer

112. Head-Neck-Cancer-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) constitutes approximately 90 percent of all head and neck cancers … Cancer Institute’s Physician Data Query Cancer Information Summary.8 The definitions include cancer … Gupta et al. reported aggregated survival results in patients with tumors in different sites. … Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in head and neck cancers: an update. … Head and neck cancers. J Nat Compr Cancer Netw. 2011 Jun 1;9(6):596-650. PMID: 21636536. 9.

113. PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - The prostate cancer antigen-3 gene (PCA3) has recently been found to be overexpressed in prostate cancers … research question would be to determine if the trade-off between reduction in biopsies and missed cancers … and what is learned through the studies in Research Question 2.1 about likely behavior of cancers … Can intermediate outcomes, such as cancer classifications of aggressive or indolent tumors be properly … PCA3 molecular urine assay correlates with prostate cancer tumor volume: implication in selecting candidates

114. Pancreatic Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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115. Data Points 16: Types of Prostate Radiation: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - outcomes, especially in higher risk tumors, although evidence is lacking.5 In 2000, Medicare began … that proportion had increased to 82 percent.9 Prior examinations of the same database have shown tumor … Higher doses of CRT are associ- ated with lower tumor recurrence rates. … tumors where the indications for IMRT are not very strong (i.e., where the risk of adjacent organ … Monitoring IMRT use should be a priority for these other cancers as well as for groups of prostate

116. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - percent across patient populations.7-9 However, risk of malnutrition varies substantially by patient and tumor … characteristics, including age at diagnosis, tumor type, stage of disease, type of cancer treatment … (such as Head and Neck, Breast, Multiple Cancers, etc.) and report the intervention comparisons and … emia* or melanoma* or myeloma* or neoplasm* or radiotherap* or radiation therap*).ti,ab. … or exp Neoplasms/ or chemoprevention/ or chemoradiotherapy/ or chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant/ or chemotherapy

117. Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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118. Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment: Comparative Effectiveness Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 25, 2013 - Disposition of Comments Report Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer … strategies and non-ESA strategies to manage anemia in patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation for malignancy … Trials varied according to duration, tumor types, cancer therapy, trial quality, iron supplementation … In 14 trials reporting the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT)-Fatigue subscale, the most

119. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 21, 2016 - tumors confined to the prostate (T1–T2) and tumors with extracapsular extension but without spread into … be influenced by factors such as patient age and health at the time of diagnosis, life expectancy, tumor … Physicians might take into consideration age, general health status, stage of tumor, PSA level, Gleason … treatment options based on the patient's age, health status, life expectancy, and tumor stage The … potential for tumor eradication with treatment Available evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness

120. Vulvar Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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