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81. Systematic Review of Treatments for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 23, 2016 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Skin cancers, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC … ) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), are the most common malignancies in the U.S. 1 BCC and SCC are … or "Oropharyngeal Neoplasms"[Mesh] OR Pharynx OR Pharyngeal neoplasms OR "Pharyngeal Neoplasms"[Mesh … ] or "Lung Neoplasms"[Mesh] or "Urinary Bladder Neoplasms"[Mesh] or "Uterine Cervical Neoplasms"[Mesh … ] or "Esophageal Neoplasms"[Mesh] or "Laryngeal Neoplasms"[Mesh])) AND (((Surger* or surgic*) and (

82. Data Points #7: Utilization of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, by diagnostic cancer subchapter, 2006-2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 26, 2011 - malignancies and/or head and neck cancer (an off-label use). … indicative of its use in malignant neoplasms of the genitourinary tract (e.g., bladder cancer). … The treatment of cancer has expanded considerably from surgical procedures to chemotherapy agents and … to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. … Such use is not uncommon in cancer patients who have failed more traditional treatments.

83. RENAL MASS AND LOCALIZED RENAL CANCER *the following questions are recommended to address the healthcare tests and/or treatments this program should consider: • What indicators can be used to predict malignancy and/or aggressiveness of… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 24, 2013 - Statistics show that renal cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of the common urologic cancers … Renal cancer is the third most common urologic malignancy, and contributes to 4% of total adult cancers … Approximately 30% of tumors recur and 20% of adult instances of renal cancer result in death. … urologic malignancy contributes to 4% of total adult cancers. … Statistics show that renal cancer has one of the highest mortalities of urologic cancers.

84. Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer (pdf file)
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    September 26, 2023 - Background Although anal cancer only represents1-2 percent of all gastrointestinal malignancies, incidence … iliac nodes), M0 III T3-T4 (tumor >5cm in greatest dimension or tumor of any size invading … A., & American Joint Committee on Cancer Expert Panel on Cancers of the Lower Gastrointestinal, Anus … ti,ab. 28776 22 10 Neoplasm grading/ or Neoplasm Invasiveness/ or Neoplasm Metastasis/ or … Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/ or Recurrence/ or neoplasm staging/ or Tumor Burden/ or ((neoplasm?

85. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 12, 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 … / (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

86. Management of Renal Masses and Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 18, 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) and … Tumor size and male sex are the factors that are statistically significantly associated with malignancy … Tumor Size 12 (9,401) A positive relationship between tumor size and malignancy risk was found. … oncologic potential of tumors treated with RN.

87. Statistical Brief #15
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    October 15, 2006 - neoplasm of female breast (nipple and areola) – 174.1 Malignant neoplasm of female breast (central … portion) – 174.2 Malignant neoplasm of female breast (upper-inner quadrant) – 174.3 Malignant neoplasm … ) – 174.5 Malignant neoplasm of female breast (lower-outer quadrant) – 174.6 Malignant neoplasm of … female breast) – 174.9 Malignant neoplasm of female breast (breast, female, unspecified) – 175.0 … Malignant neoplasm of male breast (nipple and areola) – 175.9 Malignant neoplasm of male breast (other

88. PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 14, 2011 - (particularly cancerous tumors with aggressive features)? … Indolent Cancers of the Prostate (Key Question 3) Figure 2. Analytic framework for KQ 3. … OR text words “prostate cancer”, “prostatic cancer”, “prostate neoplasms”, “prostatic neoplasms”) AND … Characteristics Age Race Benign prostatic hyperplasia High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia … "[Mesh] OR "prostatic neoplasms" OR "prostate neoplasms" OR "prostatic cancer" OR "prostate cancer"

89. HCUP Facts and Figures 2007: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States
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    January 01, 2007 - infections (not HIV or hepatitis) 10 Immunizations and screening for infectious disease 2 NEOPLASMS … 24 Cancer of breast 25 Cancer of uterus 26 Cancer of cervix 27 Cancer … 42 Secondary malignancies 43 Malignant neoplasm without specification of site 44 … Neoplasms of unspecified nature or uncertain behavior 45 Maintenance chemotherapy; radiotherapy … 46 Benign neoplasm of uterus 47 Other and unspecified benign neoplasm 3 ENDOCRINE

90. Imaging Tests for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 09, 2013 - Studies that report data by tumor (e.g., percentage of pancreatic adenocarcinoma tumors that were correctly … Diagnostic management of pancreatic cancer. Cancers. 2011 Mar;3(1):494-509. … / or exp pancreas, exocrine/) and (neoplasm/ or adenocarcinoma/ or neoplasms/)) or pancreas tumor … r$ or sarcoma$ or neoplasm$ or carcinoma$ or adenocarcinoma$)).mp. 4   neuroendocrine tumors … and imaging and diagnosis 17 and 23 25 Staging Cancer staging/ or Neoplasm staging/

91. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2010 - The prevalence of anemia varies according to the type of neoplasia.7 Patients with hematological malignancies … versus hematological malignancies versus mixed (studies including both solid tumors and hematological … * OR tumor OR tumors OR tumour* OR neoplas* OR carcinom* #59 Search erythropoietin OR epoetin* OR … "[Mesh] OR "Carcinoma"[Mesh] OR malignan* OR cancer OR cancers OR cancerous OR oncolog* OR myelodysplas … * OR tumor OR tumors OR tumour* OR neoplas* OR carcinom*) AND ("adverse effects "[Subheading

92. Organisation (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2008 - Clinical study of proton radiotherapy in urological cancers [Japanese]. … Proton therapy for head and neck malignancies at Tsukuba. … Cancer Journal 2006 Apr;12(2):155-9. 16630407 No malignancy Makarova GV, Matveev BP, Leonova NS, … [Use of high energy protons in the combination treatment of cervix neoplasms] [Russian]. … Uveal lymphoid neoplasia: a clinical-pathologic correlation and review of the early form.

93. Errors in the MRI evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors and tumorlike lesions. | PSNet
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    September 04, 2019 - Errors in the MRI evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors and tumorlike lesions. … musculoskeletal radiologists re-reviewed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of suspected musculoskeletal neoplasms … Errors in the MRI evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors and tumorlike lesions. … of using the same vs different order for second readings of screening mammograms on rates of breast cancer … October 6, 2011 Missed breast cancers at US-guided core needle biopsy: how to reduce

94. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - full evaluation for hematuria, the positive predictive values (PPV) of serial dipstick screening for malignancy … were well-differentiated, superficial lesions with a good prognosis. 19 Rapid tests based on other tumor … screening studies cited above, all 26 cases of bladder cancer detected by screening were early tumors … detection significantly improves the prognosis for the small minority of patients found to have urologic malignancies … Three-year follow-up of bladder tumors tumours found on screening.

95. Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 22, 2012 - recurrence, noncancer-related mortality, and second malignancies. 2, 3 Malignant Endobronchial Obstruction … A systematic review of radiofrequency ablation for lung tumors. … Intraoperative seed placement for thoracic malignancy-A review of technique, indications, and published … '/exp OR ('lung neoplasms'/exp OR 'lung cancer'/exp AND ('non-small-cell' OR 'non-small cell' OR 'non … '/exp OR ('lung neoplasms'/exp OR 'lung cancer'/exp AND ('non-small-cell' OR 'non-small cell' OR 'non

96. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2018 - .6, 7 Type I ovarian cancers tend to be early stage low grade tumors that generally arise through a … of the visible tumor as possible. … U/mL Definition of cancer Primary outcome: Malignant neoplasms of the ovary including epithelial … and nonepithelial ovarian cancer and malignant neoplasms of the fallopian tube† and undesignated … malignancies of the ovaries, fallopian tube, or peritoneum Secondary outcome: Ovarian (as defined

97. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 24, 2013 - Objectives for the Systematic Review Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant … neoplasm of the liver, usually developing in the setting of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. … Worldwide, it is the fifth most common cause of cancer and the third most common cause of cancer death … Liver Neoplasms/ 3. ("hepatocellular cancer" or "hepatocellular carcinoma" or "HCC").ti,ab. 4. … Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer 1975–2007, featuring tumors of the brain and other

98. Liver-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 24, 2013 - Objectives for the Systematic Review Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant … neoplasm of the liver, usually developing in the setting of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. … Worldwide, it is the fifth most common cause of cancer and the third most common cause of cancer death … Liver Neoplasms/ 3. ("hepatocellular cancer" or "hepatocellular carcinoma" or "HCC").ti,ab. 4. … Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer 1975–2007, featuring tumors of the brain and other

99. Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 22, 2024 - These extra cells can form a mass called a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant. … Benign tumors aren't cancer while malignant ones are. … Cells from malignant tumors can invade nearby tissues. … There are more than 100 different types of cancer. Most cancers are named for where they start. … For example, lung cancer starts in the lung, and breast cancer starts in the breast.

100. Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average-Risk Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 18, 2011 - For advanced neoplasia. … of Gastroenterology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Digestive Disease Week, Gastrointestinal Cancers … Molecular detection of colorectal neoplasia. [Review] [107 refs]. … ,ab. 2 f-dna.ti,ab. 3 sdna.ti,ab. 4 DNA/ 5 DNA Methylation/ 6 DNA Mutational Analysis/ 7 DNA, Neoplasm … Polyps/ 14 Colonic Neoplasms/ 15 Sigmoid Neoplasms/ 16 Rectal Neoplasms/ 17 Anus Neoplasms/ 18