Miriam E. Tucker

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Jaw Complications Persist With Head & Neck Cancer Treatment

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 13, 2012

Major Finding: Of a total 1,848 patients with oral cancers, 16% (297) had at least one osteoradionecrosis code within 90 days of radiation therapy...

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Toxicity Drives Costly Head and Neck Cancer Readmissions

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 9, 2012

Major Finding: Total costs of all admissions for the induction group were $3,368,583 for the planned admissions and $1,777,136 for the unplanned a...

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IMRT Provides Better QOL in Head and Neck Cancers

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 9, 2012

Major Finding: IMRT was about $5,000-$6,000 more expensive than was 3-D–CRT. But 73% of IMRT patients reported very good or outstanding qual...

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Novel Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine is Immunogenic

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 7, 2012

Major Finding: After immunization with 4CMenB and routine vaccines together at either 2, 4, and 6 months or 2, 3, and 4 months, 99% or more of par...

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Cisplatin Aids Survival of High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 3, 2012

Major Finding: At 10 years post treatment, the overall survival rate was higher when cisplatin was added to adjuvant radiotherapy in patients who ...

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Changes to HPV, Influenza Vaccine Recs Top 2012 Schedule

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 1, 2012

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New Antiepileptic No Better for Bones Than Older Drugs

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: February 1, 2012

Major Finding: Forearm aBMD was significantly lower at 15 months in both the levetiracetam and carbamazepine/valproate groups, but more so for l...

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Hep B for Diabetes Patients Tops Vaccine Recs for 2012

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 31, 2012

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PET/CT Detects Early Recurrence of Head and Neck Cancer

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 30, 2012

Major Finding: The true positive rate for routine PET/CT surveillance in head and neck cancer patients was estimated as 8/15, or 53%, and the fals...

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Erlotinib Dose Doubled for Smokers With Head/Neck Cancer

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 27, 2012

Major Finding: Of 10 evaluable head and neck cancer patients, 7 (including 5 smokers) showed a partial response, as defined by at least a 20% redu...

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Head/Neck Cancer Treatments Less Effective in HIV Patients

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 26, 2012

Major Finding: At 4 years, locoregional control was 69% and overall survival 55%.Data Source: The findings come from a single-institution ret...

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FDA Turns Down Novel Antidiabetes Drug

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 19, 2012

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Different Mechanisms May Operate in Postoperative Seizure Recurrence

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 17, 2012

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Seizure Increase Not Seen Following Gastric Bypass

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 11, 2012

Major Finding: Of 1,542 patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, just 5 developed new-onset seizures.

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Glucose Testing Suggested for All Inpatients

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: January 9, 2012