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February 8, 2010 

Hypofractionated radiation led to better quality of life in breast cancer

Five-year quality-of-life follow-up results from the START trials showed that women with early-stage breast cancer who received hypofractionated radiation reported fewer adverse effects than women assigned to the standard regimen of 50 Gy in 25 fractions.

The START trials were...

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February 25 - 27, 2010

Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium

Chandler, AZ

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March 18 - 20, 2010

CALGB 2010 Spring Committee Meetings

Raleigh, NC

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May 13 - 16, 2010

35th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society

San Diego, CA

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"No one is claiming that virtual colonoscopy is perfect"

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Experts expect further increases in survival as new therapies continue to develop


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Although gliomas and glioblastomas are not the most commonly occurring cancers — there are about 10,000 new cases in the United States each year — they are among the most deadly. The median survival of people diagnosed with these cancers is between 12 and 15 months.

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