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DDx: Redness and scaliness of nearly entire integument
A 73-year-old man presents with a two-month history of increasing redness and scaliness of skin, which involves virtually his entire integument. The patient has type 2 diabetes mellitus, but otherwise is in relatively good health. Currently, he is not on medications and has no prior history of cutaneous disease.
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Updates in colon, cervical, breast, and prostate cancer screening
Although minor differences among organizations still exist, major guidelines for colon, cervical, and breast screening and for testing for early prostate cancer screening are quite similar. Even so, a large subset of the general population either continues to go unscreened or is screened inconsistently. For example, few men and women (fewer than 30%) reported the recent use of any colorectal screening test in 2000.
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Primary care clinicians hold the key to easing the nation's cancer burden
Since 1999, cancer has surpassed heart disease to become the leading cause of age-adjusted mortality for Americans younger than 85. This epidemiologic shift reflects a dramatic reduction in age-adjusted cardiovascular death rates in younger Americans rather than an increase in cancer mortality. US age-adjusted cancer death rates have, in fact, declined since their peak in 1990, although at a much slower rate than the decline seen for heart disease.
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Using aromatase inhibitors to treat early breast cancer
Aromatase inhibitors have surpassed tamoxifen in treatment of recurrent breast cancer. Will the same be true for early disease? An expert examines the evidence from ongoing clinical trials.
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