News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 6, 2018
Disagreement over the ACC/AHA blood pressure guidelines threatens to distract from their potential benefits.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 6, 2018
The combination of Hu5F9-G4 (5F9) and rituximab was considered safe and produced durable complete responses (CRs) in patients with relapsed or refr...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 5, 2018
BOSTON – No prior studies had been done specifically to evaluate nipple-sparing mastectomies in older breast cancer patients.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 3, 2018
In multiple myeloma patients who have no matched donor, haploidentical allogeneic transplantation is feasible and has an acceptable rate of non-rel...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 3, 2018
Microbiota-altering medications may play a role in development of childhood obesity.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 1, 2018
BOSTON - Over 10 years, the incidence of most complications fell, including surgical site infections, urinary tract infections, sepsis and septic s...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: November 1, 2018
The latest edition of the national palliative care guidelines provides new clinical strategies relevant to hematology practice in the United States, a...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 31, 2018
Mainly low-grade toxic effects were seen on treatment with Hu5F9-G4 and rituximab in the study of relapsed and refractory patients.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 31, 2018
Adjuvant axitinib failed to improve disease-free survival in the phase 3 ATLAS trial overall; however, the highest-risk subgroup appeared to benefi...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 31, 2018
The International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis–Bleeding Assessment Tool appears to accurately identify hemophilia A and B.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 31, 2018
The latest guideline revision aims to establish a foundation for “gold-standard” palliative care.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 31, 2018
Although sickle cell trait (SCT) has been linked to adverse clinical outcomes in multiple studies, only a handful of associations have strong evidence...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 29, 2018
BOSTON – It has been 10 years since the introduction of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 29, 2018
The systematic review showed evidence to support sickle cell trait as a risk factor for proteinuria and chronic kidney disease.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: October 28, 2018
BOSTON – The 2015 guidelines on thyroidectomy appears to have had an impact on the number of hemithyroidectomies being performed.
