In this Oncology Brothers podcast episode, Naval Daver, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, discusses treatment strategies for both therapy‑related and de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML), focusing on cases…
Tara Lin, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, discusses how she approaches choosing induction therapy for patients with treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia, emphasizing that fitness…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease, angioplasty using a paclitaxel-eluting balloon (PEB) is associated with a high sustained patency rate and a low…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A medical directive allowing triage nurses in the emergency department to initiate oral steroid therapy in children presenting with moderate to severe acute…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic caused severe illness and mortality in cancer patients with solid tumors, investigators report in Cancer online February 22.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early ischemic events are reduced in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome when they’re treated with cangrelor rather than clopidogrel…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a meta-analysis indicate that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) derive little net benefit from antiplatelet therapy in terms of cardiovascular…
Doximity is linking the medical community together with a new social network. It is a forum for openly talking with colleagues or a place for private group discussions.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Golimumab, a new anti-TNF monoclonal antibody, administered subcutaneously every 4 weeks, shows sustained efficacy in reducing signs and symptoms of active psoriatic arthritis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with ST-elevation MI undergoing fibrinolysis followed by immediate or late invasive procedures do just as well with unfractionated heparin (UHF) or with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intraoperative hypothermia to less than 35 C more than doubles the risk of surgical site infections after trauma laparotomy, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 20-year survival rate for people diagnosed with thin or T1 melanomas 1 mm thick or less, the most common type, is 96%,…
