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Left RightICD indicated for some children with dilated cardiomyopathy
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1:36 | Posted on Feb 3, 2012 in Ob/Gyn, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of cancer recurrence is increased slightly after laparoscopic rather than open surgical management of uterine cancer, according to study findings reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology online January...Romidepsin effective for refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma
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1:45 | Posted on Jan 30, 2012 in Hematology-Oncology, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About one in four patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) who do not respond to or relapse after systemic therapy are likely to have an objective response to romidepsin, a potent histone deacetylase inhibitor,...Some benefit seen with anastrozole after tamoxifen for early-stage breast cancer
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1:38 | Posted on Jan 27, 2012 in Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Women’s HealthNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fare somewhat better with 2 years of tamoxifen followed by 3 years of anastrozole than with 5 years of tamoxifen, an Austrian group reports in the...Fewer postop complications with laparoscopic endometrial cancer staging
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1:26 | Posted on Jan 25, 2012 in Ob/Gyn, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intraoperative complications are similar whether staging of endometrial cancer is performed laparoscopically or by laparotomy, but laparoscopy has the advantage when it comes to postoperative complications. That finding...GnRH agonist fails to preserve ovarian function in young breast cancer patients
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1:28 | Posted on Jan 13, 2012 in Ob/Gyn, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Women’s HealthNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a study suggest that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapy does not help preserve ovarian function in young women undergoing modern chemotherapy for early breast cancer. GnRH agonist therapy...
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Enzastaurin fails as maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer
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1:42 | Posted on Jan 10, 2012 in
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase 2 study of maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer, adding enzastaurin to bevacizumab plus bolus and infusional 5-fluorouracil-leucovorin (LV5FU2) did not delay progression of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients who responded to first-line...
CIN 1 does not increase CIN 3 risk beyond HPV infection
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1:43 | Posted on Jan 5, 2012 in
Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 (CIN 1) found on biopsy provides no information on the risk of progression to CIN 3 beyond that of a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, researchers report in the December issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Cirrhosis tied to increased risk of liver cancer in diabetics
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1:36 | Posted on Dec 26, 2011 in
Diabetes, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cirrhosis and hepatitis are associated with the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with diabetes, and hepatitis C is of particular importance, Taiwanese researchers report in a November 15th online paper in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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Long-term survival possible with radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
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Dec 21, 2011
Zoledronic acid lacks antitumor effect in metastatic breast cancer
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Dec 19, 2011
Colonic stents allow elective surgery for malignant large-bowel obstruction
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Dec 14, 2011
Combo treatment better than sequential but more toxic in recurrent ovarian cancer
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Dec 12, 2011
Pre-surgery chemo improves survival of early-stage lung cancer patients
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Dec 5, 2011
More evidence acupuncture curbs radiation-induced xerostomia
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Dec 1, 2011
Preop chemo not advisable for resectable colorectal liver metastases
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Nov 30, 2011
Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy feasible
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Nov 30, 2011
No increased cancer risk with ARB candesartan: study
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Nov 29, 2011
Zoledronic acid maintains BMD in breast cancer patients on letrozole
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Nov 23, 2011
CNS prophylaxis for diffuse large cell no longer needed
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Nov 23, 2011
Check-ups may be safely reduced for early-stage melanoma patients
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Nov 12, 2011
Vandetanib helpful in medullary thyroid cancer
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Nov 9, 2011
Solid organ recipients at increased risk for a range of cancers
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Nov 4, 2011
Capecitabine improves survival in women with advanced breast cancer
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Nov 3, 2011
VTE prophylaxis in gynecologic surgery: effective yet underused
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Oct 31, 2011
Anti-p155 autoantibody signals cancer in adults with dermatomyositis
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Oct 28, 2011
High false-negative rate seen with RT-PCR assay for HER2 status
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Oct 24, 2011
Two laparoscopic approaches useful in tumor in sole kidney
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Oct 18, 2011
Denser rituximab no extra help in B-Cell lymphoma
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Oct 17, 2011
BRCA2 carriers respond better to ovarian cancer chemotherapy
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Oct 14, 2011
