News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 11, 2016
Key clinical point: Trastuzumab is known to be beneficial in women with HER2-positive breast cancer, but black women were less likely to receive i...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 11, 2016
Key clinical point: Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer is associated with increased risk for clinical depression. Major finding: Men ...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 8, 2016
Key clinical point: Immunotherapies and targeted agents have revolutionized the treatment of advanced melanoma.
Major finding: Current therapies a...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 8, 2016
Key clinical point: Nodal status is an important determinant of survival of patients with vulvar carcinomas.
Major finding: Historically, reported...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 6, 2016
Key clinical point: NCCN guidelines on radiation therapy for locoregional treatment of breast cancer emphasize hypofractionated whole-breast irrad...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 5, 2016
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 24, 2016
Intraoperative suture placement is an inaccurate method for orienting breast tumor specimens for pathology.
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 23, 2016
Key clinical point: Surgical volume, a surrogate for experience, has been shown to have a direct correlation with patient outcomes for cancers of ...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 23, 2016
Key clinical point: Lower-cost CT scans of the extremity and chest appear to be effective for surveillance of patients following resection of soft...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 23, 2016
The risk that a person living in the United States will become infected with HIV in his or her lifetime is declining, compared with a decade ago, but ...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 22, 2016
Key clinical point: Sarcomas of bone have their peak incidence in children and adolescents, but are also seen in adults.
Major finding: Findings f...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 21, 2016
Key clinical point: The risk of 10-year recurrence of ductal carcinoma in situ diminishes significantly with age.
Major finding: The risk for recu...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 21, 2016
Getting people who are infected with HIV onto early antiretroviral therapy (ART) and keeping them on it may be the best way to reduce HIV-related deat...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 17, 2016
Extreme breast density on mammography in women with breast cancer is a strong independent risk factor for in situ or invasive cancer in the contralate...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: March 17, 2016
Thyroid surgery has excellent outcomes and low morbidity, but not all patients who can benefit are receiving it.
