By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Temsirolimus does not improve progression-free survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) compared to standard treatment, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high-risk post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, a J- or U-shaped association exists between blood pressure and the risk of future cardiovascular events,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An interdisciplinary panel of experts from Canada has developed an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for reducing pain associated with childhood immunizations. Pain surrounding…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In 2009, people given the seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine were at higher risk of infection with the pandemic H1N1 strain than those given…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether delivery is immediate of deferred when fetal health is compromised by growth restriction appears to make no difference to outcomes at school…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are less pronounced for typical “real-world” patients — particularly those with right bundle-branch block — than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cure rates are similar when patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia are treated with ceftaroline or ceftriaxone — but ceftaroline may have the edge,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Magnetic resonance imaging of ovarian tumors is useful in predicting whether the lesion is malignant or benign, thereby helping to guide the therapeutic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes of cryoablation of small renal masses are similar whether the procedure is performed surgically or percutaneously, according the results of a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The likelihood that a core needle biopsy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) will be upstaged to invasive breast cancer on final…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In terms of overall survival, carboplatin plus the oral fluoropyrimidine derivative S-1 is as effective as carboplatin plus paclitaxel in chemotherapy-naive patients with…
