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Triple-negative breast cancers impact female populations differently

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experience a higher incidence of breast cancer from aggressive molecular subtypes, such as triple-negative disease. Final analysis included SEER data collected between 2010 and 2019 from 1,123,658 women who received a diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. per year from 2010 to 2019. per year from 2010 to 2016 and 4.3%

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Characterizing Trends in Chronic Superficial Venous Disease Treatment among Medicare Beneficiaries from 2010-2018

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This study describes trends in surgical versus endovascular interventions for treatment of chronic superficial venous disease (SVD) in the Medicare population. Medicare Part B data from 2010-2018 was obtained. Claims for SVD treatment were identified using Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes.

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CT shows effects of sarcopenia on liver cancer survival

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loss of muscle mass) on overall survival, disease-free survival, and postoperative outcomes among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent surgery. compared with 83.6%; p= 0.006), although five-year disease-free survival was not significantly different between the two groups.

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Thermal ablation effective long term in patients with thyroid cancer

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To address the knowledge gap, the group retrospective analyzed outcomes among 179 patients with T1N0M0 PTC who underwent treatment at four university hospitals in China from June 2010 to March 2014. The 10-year disease-free survival was 93.9%. The mean age of patients was 45.8 years old and 118 (65.9%) were women.

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Mortgage discrimination tied to breast cancer outcomes

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Black women have a slightly lower rate of breast cancer incidence compared with white women, but they are more frequently diagnosed with later-stage disease, the researchers noted. This includes more aggressive forms of breast cancer such as ER-negative disease. not redlined) and 1,226 (69.5%) resided in areas with scores of 2.5

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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

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He served as the section editor of European Radiology 's physics section until 2010. He was an honorary lecturer at ECR 2002 and was awarded ESR honorary membership in 2010. His innovations — like spiral CT and advanced dose reduction techniques — transformed imaging quality and safety.

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Late-stage breast cancer incidence increasing in U.S. women

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Our research is showing that we are missing opportunities to diagnose disease early, Monticciolo told AuntMinnie.com. Were concerned that when you look at these age groups,it (rates of metastatic disease) is very high for women under 40 and I think it will only get worse for older women. We encourage women to get screened.

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