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) – For patients with cerebral ischemia, treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) is known to confer substantial benefit when given within 3 hours of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intracoronary nicardipine before elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce post-treatment cardiac enzyme leakage in low-risk patients, new research shows. Prior research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Information from previous colonoscopies may help identify low-risk polypectomy patients who are unlikely to benefit from intense surveillance, a large prospective cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that survival is similar for smokers and non-smokers who undergo liver transplantation. At least one large insurance company is denying…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with acute coronary syndromes receive non-drug-eluting, carbon-coated stents, the rate of binary angiographic restenosis rate at 6 months is low, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A phase III clinical trial comparing treatments for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma indicates that temsirolimus (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia) significantly improves progression-free…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study-Cognition Substudy suggest that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors that cross the blood-brain barrier reduce the risk of incident…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The mortality risk associated with heart failure is increased in indigent patients with comorbid metabolic syndrome, new study findings indicate. “Metabolic syndrome is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A network of altered genes appears to play a key role in the pathogenesis of gliomas, according to a report in the Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although capsule endoscopy (PillCam COLON Capsule; Given Imaging) provides visualization of the colonic mucosa, it is not as sensitive as standard colonoscopy for…