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A smartphone application providing real-time advice about sun protection offers some improvement in sun protection behaviors

Real-Time Mobile App Can Improve Sun Protection

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Two studies demonstrate some improvement in sun protection behaviors
Many women with breast cancer lack basic knowledge about their disease

Many Breast Cancer Patients Lack Knowledge of Their Disease

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Problem more pronounced among minority women
Prostate biopsies that combine magnetic resonance imaging technology with ultrasound appear to give men better information regarding the seriousness of their cancer

MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy May Yield Better Results

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Spots more aggressive cancer, but fewer low-risk cases
For patients with head and neck cancers undergoing radiation therapy

Exercise Regimen Beneficial in Head, Neck CA Radiation Tx

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Significant benefits of exercise regimen in reducing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement
The biggest clinical cancer advances for 2015 have been identified in an annual report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology

ASCO Reports Biggest Clinical Cancer Advances for 2015

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The advance of the year is approval of four new therapies for treatment of CLL
The risk for developing a glioma appears to go up with long-term use of hormonal contraceptives

Hormonal Contraceptives Linked to Higher Risk of Glioma

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But odds of any one user getting the tumor remain extremely small, experts stress
Physicians have ranked electronic health record systems based on five key performance areas

Physicians Rank the Best EHR Systems of 2014

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EHRs ranked in five performance areas, including quality of care, patient portal, technical support
For occupational groups in cancer care

More Stressors for Radiation Therapists Than Oncology Nurses

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Also have high coping strategy frequency; no difference in anxiety, depression, burnout, well-being
The incidence of hospitalizations for pulmonary embolism increased from 2001 to 2010

Incidence of PE Hospitalizations Rises From 2001 to 2010

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Seasonal variation seen in PE hospitalizations, with higher number of admissions in winter
Coffee drinkers have a lower risk of malignant melanoma

Coffee Consumption Linked With Reduced Melanoma Risk

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Trend toward more protection with higher intake