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January 01, 2009 - and high-grade lesions detected, but one test
might detect a higher proportion of high-grade cytological … tumor foci in women with a
diagnosis of early breast cancer on mammography and ultrasonography planned … mastectomy provides the same relative effects for patients detected by either
test, the number of tumor … needle biopsy to detect false positive
MRI results, some women with a positive MRI finding of multiple tumor … Results of conservative surgery
and radiation therapy for multiple
synchronous cancers of one breast
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February 01, 2012 - Adenoma—Benign tumor from epithelial tissue. … adenomas—Adenomas 1 cm or greater, or with
villous components (tubulovillous or villous), or with
high-grade … Stool DNA and occult
blood testing for screen detection of colorectal neoplasia. … Detection of stool DNA
mutations before and after treatment of colorectal neoplasia. … Stool methylation-specific
polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of
colorectal neoplasia
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December 16, 2014 - grade of the tumor
ES-3
“The key finding of the analysis was that the Prostate Cancer Intervention … may sometimes underestimate the
true Gleason grade of the tumor.” … ,
Reduces the risk of a second malignant neoplasms (SMN) in prostate
patients compared with contemporary … Keizman D, Zahurak M, Sinibaldi V, et al. … Risk
of secondary malignant neoplasms from
proton therapy and intensity-modulated x-
ray therapy for
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July 01, 2012 - with a BI-RADS® 4 score following mammography and expected to have an approximate prebiopsy risk of
malignancy … Owens DK, Lohr KN, Atkins D, et al. … Atkins D, Fink K, Slutsky J. … Samson D, Schoelles KM. … Impact of Gene Expression Profiling
Tests on Breast Cancer Outcomes.
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February 24, 2016 - d. … The main
point is that larger tumors are associated with
malignancy, and that the OR of 1.3 gives a … What was the denominator for assessing the diagnostic accuracy
of determining tumor grade. specifically … Then, among patients with surgical
pathology available, we compared final tumor
grade to biopsy grade … Please see Michael D.
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November 20, 2014 - well as on tumor size and extent, while
for rectal cancer imaging of distant metastases is not as important … as is gauging tumor depth and local spread.” … Also “not statistically significant”
should not be a reason for the grade to be “insufficient”. … For preoperative rectal cancer T (tumor) staging, ERUS is less
likely than CT to incorrectly stage ( … d.
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January 01, 2015 - pelvic lymphadenectomy
for the prevention of lymphocyst
formation in patients with gynaecological
malignancies … Hahn D, Cody June D, Hodson Elisabeth
M. … Horey D, Kealy M, Davey M-A, et al. … Kumar P, Chawla D, Deorari A. … Trastuzumab containing regimens for
early breast cancer.
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January 01, 2025 - Draft - Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Appendix D3 Tables … Table D-3. … survival Prostate cancer-specific survival comment Survival outcomes Survival outcomes comment Frequency … specific survival Prostate cancer related deaths NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Categorical … NR NR NR NR 164 NR NR NR NR NR
23 22 =
Table D-
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January 01, 2012 - Controversy
“Those PSA
[prostate-‐specific
antigen]
blood
tests
that check for prostate
cancer … do
more harm
than good and healthy men should no longer receive them
as part of
routine cancer … Moderate B B C D
Low Insufficient (I Statement)
Slide 6: U.S. … Preventive Services
Task Force Recommendation Grades
Grade Definition
A The U.S. … D The USPSTF recommends against the service.
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November 01, 2013 - Atkins D, Fink K, Slutsky J. … Owens DK, Lohr KN, Atkins D, et al. … Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA, et al. Grading
quality of evidence and strength of
recommendations. … the data published in
observational studies of the association
between diet and prostate or bladder cancer … Sterne JA, Gavaghan D, Egger M.
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February 01, 2018 - Chou R, Aronson N, Atkins D, et al. … Chou R, Aronson N, Atkins D, et al. … D-1
Appendix D. Key Informant Interview Themes
1. … D-2
• Sometimes consider composite safety AE. … for NIMI Bladder
Cancer?
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October 15, 2024 - Preventive Services Task Force recommends against use
of HT to prevent chronic conditions (Grade D).9 … typically recommended when contraindications to HT are present—for
example, history of hormone-sensitive cancers … • Endometrial cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Osteopenia and osteoporosis
• Alzheimer … Deeks JH, J; Altman, D. … Overview of the GRADE Approach. In:
Neumann I SH, ed The GRADE Book.
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August 22, 2008 - KQ 5: What is the risk of malignancy associated with rhGH use as determined by: a)
markers of cancer … D. … Schnabel D, Grasemann C, Stabb D, et al. … Hardin DS, Adams-Huet B, Brown D, et al. … FollmanN D, ElliotT P, Suh I, et al.
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February 01, 2014 - Cervical cancer (insufficient
data to estimate incidence)
Low The risk of cervical cancer did not differ … reported on cervical cancer. … All cancers (insufficient data
to estimate incidence)
Low The risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer was higher … All cancers (insufficient data
to estimate incidence)
Low The risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer was higher … All cancers (insufficient data
to estimate incidence)
Low The risk of other cancers did not differ
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December 01, 2021 - 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 … Walsh D, Szafranski M, Aktas A, Kadakia KC. … 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
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April 01, 2021 - GRADE Working Group. 2013.
3. … Snyder D, Sullivan N, Margolis D, et al. Skin
substitutes for treating chronic wounds. … Writing Committee of the Breast Cancer
Working Group, Cancer Intervention and
Surveillance Modeling … sensitivity, specificity,
positive and negative
predictive values) in
screening for
gynecological cancers … D-1
Appendix D. Review of Technical Briefs
Table D-1.
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February 01, 2012 - is one of the most
common malignancies of women, with
approximately 200,000 new cases
diagnosed … The grade was developed by considering four important
domains: the risk of bias in the evidence base … Breast Cancer. 2001;8(2):116-24.
PMID: 11342984
47. Torheim G, Godtliebsen F, Axelson D, et al. … Fluorine-18
2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose PET in the preoperative staging of
breast cancer: comparison … D galactose-based
signal-enhanced color Doppler sonography of breast tumors and
tumorlike lesions.
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November 12, 2013 - For
example, choosing to remove or destroy a low-grade prostatic malignancy can lead to
complications … D. … Saslow D, Solomon D, Lawson HW, et al. … "[Mesh] OR cancer OR cancers OR neoplasm* OR malignan* OR premalignan* OR
precancerous OR hypertrophy … "[Mesh] OR cancer OR cancers OR
neoplasm* OR malignan* OR premalignan* OR precancerous))
Filters:Publication
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May 19, 2020 - Supplemental oxygen therapy (for hypoxemic and non-hypoxemic patients)
d. … Respiratory training
d. Pulmonary rehabilitation
e. Chest wall vibration
f. … Reiki
d. Mindfulness
e. Yoga
f. Meditation
g. … Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and
Outcomes: At the completion of our review, we will grade … a key outcome includes both RCTs and other
intervention studies with a comparison group, we will grade
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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