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Debra Hughes

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What is the real-world economic burden associated with complications from hematopoietic cell transplantation? What prognostic factors for posttransplantation outcomes among patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia are significant predictors of survival? Answer these and more in our latest quiz.

Surgical management of the patient with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is complex. When should stereotactic body radiation therapy be used? What are the advantages of video-assisted thoracic surgery? Test your knowledge in our latest quiz.

What is the effect of statin use on overall survival in elderly patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer? Do you know the cumulative ovarian cancer risk to age 80 years for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers? Test your knowledge of ovarian cancer in our latest quiz.

When should patients be vaccinated after a bone marrow transplantation? What agent might be considered as a new chemotherapy option in younger patients with AML in first remission? Test your knowledge in our latest quiz.

Use of radiation therapy in the adjuvant, concurrent, and postoperative setting is a critical component in the care of patients with lung cancer. Take this quiz to see when radiation therapy should be used, with what agents, and in what disease stage.

In the first blinatumomab trial, what percentage of pediatric ALL patients achieved a complete remission? What is the effect of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on bone mineral density in the pediatric ALL population? Test your knowledge in our latest quiz.

What is the optimal duration of treatment for patients with CML before stopping tyrosine kinase inhibitors? Can a fecal occult blood test detect dasatinib-induced hemorrhagic colitis? Test your knowledge in our latest quiz.

What class of agents negatively affects responses in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors? Which gender is significantly more likely to undergo radical cystectomy for bladder cancer? Test your knowledge on genitourinary cancers in our latest quiz.

In black patients with breast cancer, what type of treatment attenuated aggressive recurrent rates? What percentage of women with early-stage invasive breast cancer report at least one severe/very severe toxicity? Test your knowledge in our latest quiz.

What second-line anti–PD-1 antibody demonstrated a survival benefit over an active comparator in patients with advanced urothelial cancer? Test your knowledge about bladder and renal cancers in our latest genitourinary cancers quiz.

Are you up to date on adverse prognostic factors for Ewing sarcoma? Do you know the latest drug approved for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma? Test your knowledge on sarcoma in our latest quiz.

What clinical risk factor has been found to be most prevalent for both premenopausal and postmenopausal women? What population sees a benefit of oophorectomy for preventing breast cancer? Test your knowledge in our latest quiz.

Soft-tissue sarcomas account for about 1% of all adult and 15% of all pediatric malignancies. To date, more than 50 different histologic subtypes have been identified. Test your knowledge about sarcoma in our latest quiz.

Do you know the most important risk factor in urothelial cancers? How about testicular cancer patients’ risk of developing cancer in the opposite testicle? Test your knowledge on these topics and more in our latest quiz.

Do you know the median survival of different risk groups for patients with multiple myeloma? How about the recommended frequency to observe patients with smoldering myeloma? Test your knowledge on these topics and more in our latest quiz.

Do you know what minimum SPF strength has been shown to reduce melanoma risk? How about some of the differences between de novo melanomas and nevus-associated melanomas? Test your knowledge on these topics and more in our latest quiz.

Do you know the latest on the 24-gene Post-Operative Radiation Therapy Outcomes Score for patients with prostate cancer? How about the important risk factors for prostate cancer incidence?

Although melanoma represents less than 5% of skin cancers, it results in the most deaths. In the United States this year an estimated 76,380 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed, and 10,130 people will die of the disease. Test your knowledge of melanoma risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment in our latest quiz.

The American Academy of Family Physicians, American Cancer Society, ACOG, and the US Preventive Services Task Force each have published guidelines for breast cancer screening. Do you know the areas in which they differ?

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