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) – Intensive treatment of type 2 diabetes that’s detected early through screening does not seem to reduce rates of subsequent complications, a Danish study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Five-year survival rates are not significantly different for patients with esophagogastric cancer whether they undergo transthoracic or transhiatal esophagectomy, according to the findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with inadequately controlled asthma, the combination of mometasone furoate and formoterol reduces exacerbations and slows the decline in lung function more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The beta-blocker propranolol is superior to traditional first-line oral corticosteroids in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs), conclude pediatric dermatologists from Miami, Florida.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During thyroidectomy, the technique used to identify the all-important recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) matters when it comes to the chances of paralysis of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biweekly injections of pegloticase may quickly lower uric acid and ease symptoms in some gout patients who don’t get better with usual treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing cardiac procedures, a lower dose of contrast medium based on calculated creatinine clearance may reduce the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin may be an alternative to paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin for advanced ovarian cancer, based on the results of an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A short course of methylprednisolone added to antibiotic therapy for acute pyelonephritis in children significantly reduces the development of renal scars, a Taiwanese…
Discussion surrounding dose adjustment for renal insufficiency as reported in Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Manesh R. Patel, M.D., Kenneth W. Mahaffey, M.D., Jyotsna Garg, M.S.,…
