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By Matthew Bin Han Ong
Women who were subjected to minimally invasive surgery for early-stage cervical cancer were four times more likely to die from that disease within three years, three times more likely to have a recurrence within three years, and had shorter overall survival, compared to women who underwent open surgery, according to two groundbreaking studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine Oct. 31.
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NCI Trials for November
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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