Study Questions Early Cancer Intervention
Aggressive interventions to treat the earliest, “stage 0” breast cancers have no effect on whether a woman is still alive a decade later, according to a massive new study that tracked the trajectories of more than 100,000 women. The study, published in the journal JAMA Oncology on Thursday, found that the risk of dying from these early cancer lesions, called ductal carcinoma in situ, is very low — only around 3.3 percent of women in...
Setting the Stage
The millions of dollars now being spent on Northern Stage’s new theater downtown are boosting the local economy in the short term, and the increased visibility that the new street-level venue will offer will help sustain the revitalized area for decades to come, according to those involved in the development. “It has been my experience before that when the arts aspire to improve, it stimulates private developers on what they can do in...
