News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 16, 2015
Key clinical point: Women with lobular carcinoma in situ showed a 2% annual risk of developing breast cancer and a cumulative risk of 26% at 15 ye...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 15, 2015
Key clinical point: Several differences in breast tumor genetics may explain the greater aggressiveness of breast cancer in black vs.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 15, 2015
Fulvestrant may extend survival longer than does anastrozole when used as first-line therapy for locally advanced or metastatic estrogen receptor–posi...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 15, 2015
Key clinical point: The risk of recurrence continues to rise for at least 12 years in patients with DCIS who had lumpectomy without radiotherapy.
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News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 9, 2015
Key clinical point: Adding pertuzumab to docetaxel plus trastuzumab combination therapy is not cost-effective for patients with metastatic HER2-po...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 9, 2015
Delirium after surgery in older adults markedly raises the risk of all adverse outcomes.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 9, 2015
The incidence of serious complications after mesh-sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence is relatively low, but patients treated by surgeons wh...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 8, 2015
Preoperative chemotherapy is feasible for high-risk localized soft-tissue sarcomas of the limbs or superficial trunk, even with concurrent radiotherap...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 8, 2015
Key clinical point: A state employer’s switch to “reference payment” insurance coverage of colonoscopy cut the cost of the proce...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 2, 2015
Key clinical point: The telomerase inhibitor imetelstat showed promise in separate preliminary studies for treatment of myelofibrosis and thromboc...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Compared with unfractionated heparin, bivalirudin did not reduce the MACE rate in patients with ACS who were candidates for PC...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 1, 2015
Finerenone may be able to address the unmet medical need of safely managing albuminuria without adversely affecting serum potassium in patients with t...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Adaptive servo-ventilation is not beneficial and may even be harmful for central sleep apnea accompanying heart failure.
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News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: August 26, 2015
Key clinical point: First-line combination therapy with ambrisentan plus tadalafil cut the rate of clinical events in pulmonary arterial hypertens...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: August 25, 2015
Key clinical point: Neither physical activity nor omega-3 supplements improved cognitive function in two separate studies of high-risk elderly pat...
