News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 28, 2015
Aspirin use is associated with a significant reduction in the incidence on noncardiac gastric adenocarcinoma.
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 19, 2015
Inflammatory bowel disease patients are at one-third higher risk for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections than is the general population.
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 18, 2015
Key clinical point: Urinary levels of two metalloproteases were significantly elevated in the urine of patients with gastric cancer, compared with...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 17, 2015
A diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus “indefinite for dysplasia” may be an indicator of increased risk for progression to high-grade dysplasia or esophag...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 17, 2015
The course of Crohn’s disease has changed for the better since the introduction of biological therapies and other treatments in the late 1990s, but pr...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 13, 2015
Key clinical point: The novel antibody elotuzumab extended multiple myeloma remissions when added to standard therapy.
Major finding: Mean progres...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 13, 2015
Key clinical point: Augmented therapies improve event-free survival in children with favorable histology Wilms tumor with high-risk chromosomal mu...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 11, 2015
Key clinical point: Older patients on trastuzumab-based adjuvant therapy require baseline and regular cardiac monitoring.
Major finding: Only 36% ...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 11, 2015
Key clinical point: Androgen-deprivation therapy may be associated with cognitive impairment.
Major finding: Men on androgen-deprivation therapy h...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: May 11, 2015
Key clinical point: Patients with low-risk luminal A breast cancers may not need radiation therapy.
Major finding: Older women with low-risk lumin...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 29, 2015
Key clinical point: GJB3 may be a serum marker for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Major finding: GJB3 was expressed at significantly...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 14, 2015
Key clinical point: Surgical site infections in patients with colon cancer are associated with both worse overall survival and lower chance of rec...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 13, 2015
Key clinical point: Patients with complete clinical response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer may be able to be safely followed wi...
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 10, 2015
News Author: Neil Osterweil Publish date: April 9, 2015
Key clinical point: Immunotherapies and targeted agents for metastatic melanoma are effective but very costly.
Major finding: The incremental cost...
