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Localized PI3K-Altered Colorectal Cancer: Does Low-Dose Aspirin Reduce the Risk of Recurrence?
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New AACI President-Elect Selected; Two Cancer Center Leaders Join Board
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AML: Alliance Global Study Challenges Age-Based Treatment Decisions
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FANSS: Should Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Be Expanded to Include Female Asian Nonsmokers?
The results of the multicenter Female Asian Nonsmoker Screening Study (FANSS) suggest that low-dose CT screening is feasible and has value for early lung cancer detection in the historically underserved demographic of Asian women with no history of smoking. These data from the largest United States–based lung cancer screening program dedicated to a nonsmoking population were presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer.
Charles Bennett and colleagues: The Inflation Reduction Act and Ibrutinib
Derek Raghavan: How I Discuss the Current Political Chaos When Patients Ask Health-Related Questions About It
Narjust Florez and Coral Olazagasti: Silence Is Complicity
Robert Peter Gale: Therapy With a TKI for EGFR-Variant Lung Adenocarcinoma: Lessons From CML?
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