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) – The diagnostic yield of transbronchial biopsy of pulmonary nodules is improved when bronchoscopy is guided by various techniques, and the risk of pneumothorax…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in five of patients with congenital heart disease need surgery in adulthood, and reoperations make up about 40% of these surgeries, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A small randomized study found no therapeutic advantage to high-dose vitamin D2 supplementation over and above ongoing low-dose vitamin D2 supplementation in patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Testing for autoantibody against the 155-kDa protein is a “highly accurate” tool for diagnosing cancer-associated myositis in adults with dermatomyositis, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While calcification of the gallbladder wall is historically linked to a high risk of gallbladder cancer and hence an indication for cholecystectomy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Oncotype DX test, based on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), for HER2 gene amplification in breast cancers has an “unacceptable” false-negative…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Therapy aimed at reducing levels of amino-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) is more beneficial than standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) improves survival following severe combat trauma involving massive bleeding, according to a study in Archives of Surgery.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children having surgery, isotonic parenteral maintenance fluids (PMS) are safer than hypotonic PMS in guarding against postoperative hyponatremia, with six the number…
