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81. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
    May 18, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, test accuracy in detecting cancers … Among all cancers, it is third in incidence and cause of cancer death for both men and women. 1 In addition … entails exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation (range, 0.8 to 5.3 mSv), which may increase the risk of malignancy … Interval cancers in a population-based screening program for colorectal cancer in Catalonia, Spain. … Extracolonic tumors of the gastrointestinal tract detected incidentally at screening CT colonography.

82. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review79/ovarian-cancer-screening-2004
    May 15, 2004 - Although several other tumor markers have been associated with ovarian cancer, they have not been widely … Treatment of diagnosed cancers includes surgery and chemotherapy or other adjuvant therapy for tumors … Approximately 65 percent of tumors in this study were stage I. … Invasive epithelial ovarian cancers in white women. Collaborative Ovarian Cancer Group. … Tumors in the lower pelvis as imaged by sonography. Gynecol Oncol 1990;37:224-9.

83. Liver-Cancer Executive (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2014 - Executive Summary Background and Objectives Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant … neoplasm of the liver, usually developing in individuals with chronic liver disease or cirrhosis. … Worldwide, it is the fifth most common cancer and the third most common cause of cancer death.1 There … National Cancer Institute. Liver Cancer. www.cancer.gov/ cancertopics/types/liver. … SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2010.

84. Effective Treatment Trends and Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - Report Section 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Cancer … 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 Cancer Accidents 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 … Diseases Kidney disease 9                 10 9 Chronic Kidney Disease Benign … neoplasms   9 10 10                 Septicemia   8 9       … Cancer . Chronic kidney disease . Diabetes . HIV and AIDS .

85. Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - The cancer conditions included acute leukemias, clinically advanced multiple myeloma, solid tumors with … Management of the neck in early oral cancers: Is the verdict out? … potential dental focal infection before the first cycle of chemotherapy in patients with hematologic malignancy … searched: December 16, 2022 1 Bone Marrow Transplantation/ or exp Immunosuppression Therapy/ or exp Neoplasms … leukemia* or lymphom* or malig* or neoplas* or onco* or radiat* or radiotherap* or "radio-therap*" or tumor

86. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2002
    May 06, 2002 - Randomized trial of fenretinide to prevent second breast malignancy in women with early breast cancer … Contralateral primary tumors in breast cancer patients in a randomized trial of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy … Progesterone and estrogen receptors and mammary neoplasia in the Iowa Women's Health Study: how many … nodes and estrogen receptor-positive tumors. … Search Terms No. of Results 1 Explode breast neoplasms 90,662 2 Limit 1 to (human

87. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
    October 15, 2008 - One of 7 colorectal tumors was missed on CT colonography in 1 study 55 , whereas both colorectal tumors … believe that the linear no-threshold model is an oversimplification that may overestimate the risk for malignancy … Accuracy of CT colonography for detection of large adenomas and cancers. … Significance of small distal adenoma for detection of proximal neoplasms in the colorectum. … Left-sided tumors only. b.

88. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol: Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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    November 02, 2019 - non-dermatologic malignancy (174,650 new cases) and the second leading cause of cancer death (31,620 … With AS, tumors are not immediately removed, irradiated, or ablated.3, 4 Instead, tumors are monitored … Stage 1 T2= tumor Stage 2 T3= tumor Stage 3 T4= tumor Stage 4 WMD= weighted mean differences WW … / (121506) 2 (prostat* and (neoplasm* or cancer* or carcinoma*)).ti,ab. (142514) 3 watchful … / (9241) 2 (prostat$.ti,ab. or Prostate/) and (cancer.ti,ab. or Neoplasms/ or neoplasm$.mp. or

89. Statistical Brief #22
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    January 22, 2007 - Hospital stays for cervical cancer and all female-specific cancers had comparable lengths of stay (3.7 … Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (endocervix) – 180.1 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (exocervix … ) – 180.8 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (other specified sites of cervix) – 180.9 Malignant … Hospital stays for cervical cancer compared with hospital stays for all female-specific cancers, 2004 … *   Hospital stays for cervical cancer Hospital stays for all female-specific cancers Number

90. Statistical Brief #132: Pediatric Cancer Hospitalizations, 2009 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - childhood cancers:4 leukemias, cancer of the brain and nervous system, and cancer of the bone and connective … $3,700 $65.2 Cancer, other primary 1,900 10.7 $35,400 $3,300 $66.4 Secondary malignancies 1,400 … for secondary malignancies, and 12.0 percent were for cancer of the brain and nervous system (table … 100.0% Leukemias 26,400 36.0% Cancer of bone and connective tissue 15,400 21.0% Secondary malignancies … 800 1.1% Malignant neoplasm without specification of site 700 1.0% 1 Stays for children ages 0 through

91. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2014 - localized prostate cancer.2 After biopsy confirms the presence of the cancer, pathologists report tumor … classification is based on the extent of primary tumor (T stages), whether cancer has spread to the … Clinicians make pretreatment assessment of whether prostate cancer is localized by determining tumor … Ten to 15 years ago, prostate cancers were primarily detected by digital rectal examination or tissue … Currently, the vast majority of prostate cancers detected in the United States are found by PSA testing

92. Statistics From the HCUP-3 Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 1993: Principal Diagnoses
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    March 10, 2016 - 8.43 19,486 42 Secondary 276,227 0.80 9.62 16,583 malignancies … 43 Malignant neoplasm 9,055 0.03 9.44 14,351 without specification … of site 44 Neoplasms of 40,639 0.12 7.01 14,691 unspecified … 427,365 1.23 3.64 8,579 chemotherapy, radiotherapy 46 Benign … neoplasm of 195,928 0.56 3.62 7,991 uterus 47 Other benign

93. HCUP-3 Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 1994: Principal Diagnoses
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    November 01, 1998 - 7.98 19,714 42 Secondary 263,312 0.76 8.95 16,609 malignancies … 43 Malignant neoplasm 8,909 0.03 9.00 15,252 without specification … of site 44 Neoplasms of 39,063 0.11 6.78 15,549 unspecified … 349,358 1.01 3.73 9,600 chemotherapy, radiotherapy 46 Benign … neoplasm of 203,364 0.59 3.38 8,270 uterus 47 Other benign

94. HCUP Statistical Brief #30: Hospital Stays for Prostate Cancer, 2004 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2007 - TURP—a procedure involving no incision—is most commonly used to treat benign tumors of the prostate, … secondary malignancies, or metastatic cancer. … The following ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes are included in CCS category 29, Prostate Cancer: – 185 Malignant … neoplasm of prostate – 233.4 Carcinoma in situ of prostate – V10.46 Personal history of malignant … neoplasm—prostate Procedures and Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) The principal procedure

95. Colorectal-Cancer-Staging Executive (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - Health care costs associated with care of these cancers is high, second only to breast cancer.3,4 … The AJCC system aims to characterize the anatomic extent of colorectal cancer based on three tumor … characteristics: the extent of tumor infiltration into the bowel wall (tumor stage, designated as “ … For example, tumors confined to the rectal wall can be treated primarily by upfront surgical resection … Diagnostic precision of CT in local staging of colon cancers: a meta-analysis.

96. Project Title: Evaluation of Suspicious Skin Lesions Using Non-Invasive Diagnostic Techniques, a Technical Brief (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2010 - cancer in men and women, accounting for nearly half of all malignancies. … examine how these emerging non-invasive imaging modalities could be used to help diagnose cancerous tumors … whether or not patients have a history of other malignancies. … The rationale for this is the growing recognition of skin cancer as a leading form of second malignancy … Association of nonmelanoma skin cancer with second malignancy. Cancer 2004 January 1;100(1):130-8.

97. CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Cancer Surgery (pdf file)
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    October 07, 2016 - CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Cancer Surgery CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey Version: Cancer Surgery … Cancer surgery is an operation to remove tissue or part of the body to diagnose cancer, to treat cancer … involved with your cancer surgery through this cancer center. … related to your cancer or cancer surgery? … Besides cancer surgery, did you receive other types of cancer treatments or services from this cancer

98. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2009 - (e.g., lung, prostate, breast) and uncommon cancers (e.g., skull base tumors, uveal melanomas). … cancer) • Head and neck cancers, including malignancies of the brain (e.g., glioblastoma); of the … the sclera for some ocular cancers or in the uterus for some gynecologic malignancies), or may be directly … ), and cancers of the head and neck (brain tumors, and tumors arising from skull base, cervical spine … Treated cancers included malignant tumors in the head, neck and spine, non- small cell lung cancer, prostate

99. Technical Brief 13: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2012 - II Colon Cancer Colon cancer is a common malignancy affecting both women and men. … peritoneum), and IIC (T4b tumors where tumor directly invades or is adherent to other organs or structures … Colon cancer is a common malignancy in both women and men. … Search Strategy for MEDLINE® 1. exp Colorectal Neoplasms/ 2. … ((colorectal or colon$ or rectal or Sigmoid) adj3 (neoplasm$ or cancer$ or carcino$ or tumo?

100. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2017 - Renal cell carcinoma accounts for more than 94 percent of kidney malignancies. … treatment for patients with clinical stage T1a tumors (≤4 cm in diameter) and T1b tumors (4–7 cm) … (9,401) A positive relationship between tumor size and malignancy risk was found. 1.326 (1.220 to … and malignancy risk was found. … potential of tumors treated with RN.