PDQ Summaries

The following PDQ summaries were added or updated in CancerMail (see Changes to Cancer Information Summaries (Art. 405001) for details on the changes in each summary).

The following treatment summaries for health professionals were changed:

Adult Brain Tumor (Art. 101143)
Breast Cancer (Art. 100013)
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy (Art. 105380)
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Art. 100026)
Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Childhood Myeloid Malignancies (Art. 101081)
Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma (Art. 105741)
Childhood Ependymoma (Art. 108627)
Childhood Hodgkin's Disease (Art. 103043)
Childhood Liver Cancer (Art. 100963)
Childhood Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Art. 100915)
Childhood Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal and Pineal Tumors (Art. 104028)
Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma (Art. 100842)
Esophageal Cancer (Art. 100089)
Ewing's Family of Tumors (Art. 107968)
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors (Art. 103773)
Melanoma (Art. 101302)
Osteosarcoma/Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone (Art. 107864)
Testicular Cancer (Art. 101121)

The following treatment summaries for patients were changed:

Childhood Brain Stem Glioma (Art. 200362)
Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma (Art. 200289)
Childhood Ependymoma (Art. 208627)
Childhood Medulloblastoma (Art. 200048)
Ovarian Epithelial Cancer (Art. 200950)

The following cancer genetics summaries for health professionals were changed:

Cancer Genetics Overview (Art. 807866)

Elements of Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment and Counseling (Art. 810334)
Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Art. 808793)
Genetics of Colorectal Cancer (Art. 810301)
Genetics of Medullary Thyroid Cancer (Art. 811134)

The following screening and prevention summaries for health professionals were changed:

Cancer Prevention Overview (Art. 304750)
Cancer Screening Overview (Art. 303092)
Prevention of Breast Cancer (Art. 304730)
Prevention of Lung Cancer (Art. 304735)
Prevention of Oral Cancer (Art. 307490)
Prevention of Ovarian Cancer (Art. 305375)
Screening for Bladder Cancer (Art. 310681)
Screening for Colorectal Cancer (Art. 304726)
Screening for Gastric Cancer (Art. 304880)
Screening for Lung Cancer (Art. 305144)
Screening for Neuroblastoma (Art. 306393)

The following supportive care summaries for health professionals were changed:

Constipation, Impaction, and Bowel Obstruction (Art. 303510)
Delirium (Art. 305472)
Depression (Art. 305992)
Fever, Sweats, and Hot Flashes (Art. 302327)
Nausea and Vomiting (Art. 304466)
Pain (Art. 304470)
Sexuality and Reproductive Issues (Art. 310207)

The following supportive care summary for patients was changed:

Sexuality and Reproductive Issues (Art. 510207)

Changed News and Press Releases

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CANCERLIT Citations and Abstracts

No new CANCERLIT Citations and Abstract Topics were added.

Changed Fact Sheets

Computed Tomography (CT): Questions and Answers (Art. 600052) - Modified Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer (Art. 600320) - Modified More Choices in Cancer Care: Information for Beneficiaries on Medicare Coverage of Cancer Clinical Trials (Art. 600814) - Modified National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families (Art. 600081) - Modified Ordering National Cancer Institute Publications: Questions and Answers (Art. 600120) - Modified

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