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) – In patients with acute MI undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, routine use of intravascular ultrasound to guide stent placement is not associated with better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many patients with acute MI have risk factors for shock, which increase the likelihood of adverse outcomes with early initiation of beta-blocker therapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ventricular pauses associated with the use of ticagrelor don’t result in clinically significant bradycardia, according to a report in the May 10th Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly one-third of venous thromboembolism (VTE) events that occur in patients who’ve had surgery for cancer happen after they leave the hospital, with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may live longer if started on an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist than an inhaled long-acting anticholinergic, Canadian…
NEW YORK – Procedure times are longer and complications more frequent with single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy than with the “classic” 4-port technique, an Oregon team has found. Dr. Paul…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children and adolescents with conditions that require frequent placement of intravenous lines, administration of 50% nitrous oxide makes the process of IV…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian suppression, using a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in premenopausal women does not help preserve subsequent ovarian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a “satisfactory alternative” to hysterectomy or myomectomy for fibroids, according to the long-term results of a randomized comparison…
NEW YORK – Hemoglobin A1c (A1C) levels are not sensitive or specific enough to be used to identify children and adolescents with or at risk for diabetes, according…
