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) – A population-based study from Scotland shows that fewer than one in every 100 patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism will progress to overt hyperthyroidism. In…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal women treated for osteoporosis with the selective estrogen receptor modulator lasofoxifene have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease events, researchers report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among low-risk patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention, 1-year outcomes are worse if their antiplatelet response to clopidogrel is low, an Italian team…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The hope of finding a way to quickly measure carboxyhemoglobin levels in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is still unfulfilled, it seems. The Rad-57…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients being treated for acute coronary syndromes (ACS), the loading dose of ticagrelor has a stronger inhibitory effect on platelets than does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The evaluation of pigmented lesions for early detection of melanoma is aided by the use of MelaFind, a non-invasive automated vision-computer system, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women treated for endometrial hyperplasia, regression rates appear to be better with the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system than with oral progestogen treatment, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous revascularization of the left main coronary artery can be performed via the transradial approach, with success rates similar to transfemoral access, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In terms of efficacy and safety, low-molecular weight heparin is better than unfractionated heparin in the treatment of patients presenting with cerebral venous…
