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Of the reduction, 29% was due to treatment of metastatic breast cancer and 25% was due to mammography screening.
Racial and ethnic disparities, however, persisted for various cancers, including prostate, male lung and bronchus, and female colorectal cancer.
Older age, white race, and higher education were patient factors associated with initial active surveillance uptake in an unadjusted analysis.
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
The meta-analysis only shows a 110-day survival benefit for colorectal cancer screening with sigmoidoscopy.
The leading contributors to the widening gender life expectancy gap from 2019 to 2021 included COVID-19 and unintentional injuries.
An increased risk was seen for atrial fibrillation and cerebrovascular disease, among others.
Accelerated aging was associated with an increased risk for early-onset tumors, driven by lung, gastrointestinal and uterine cancers.
Individuals with elevated C-reactive protein at 1.0 mg/dL and poverty had a greater risk for 15-year all-cause mortality.
A second lawsuit has been filed by the family of Henrietta Lacks over the use of her cells without her consent