News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: May 7, 2014
Major finding: The 5-year survival rate of patients with carcinoid liver metastases treated under expanded debulking criteria was 90%, compared wi...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: May 6, 2014
Key clinical point: If patients are asymptomatic after 1 year, consider discontinuing treatment and starting it up again if symptoms reemerge.Majo...
Article
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 22, 2014
At the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona, experts presented their findings on novel therapies and s...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 14, 2014
Major finding: Some immunomodulating agents for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases can be safely continued in the perioperative period.Data sour...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 14, 2014
Major finding: Among patients randomized to continue ACE inhibitor therapy during surgery, 16 of 21 patients developed hypotension, compared with ...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 14, 2014
Major finding: Some immunomodulating agents for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases can be safely continued during the perioperative period.Data ...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 10, 2014
Key clinical point: Adding surgeon-performed ultrasonography with thyroglobulin washout to fine-needle aspiration cytology increases the accuracy ...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 10, 2014
Major finding: Patients of low-volume surgeons were nearly twice as likely as were those of high-volume surgeons to have complications following a...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 10, 2014
Key clinical point: Men under age 50 undergoing surgery for benign goiter are at elevated risk for thyroid cancer.Major finding: Among men under 45...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 3, 2014
Major finding: There were no significant differences in postoperative deaths or adverse outcomes among patients who underwent induction therapy an...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: April 2, 2014
Major finding: Among patients randomized to continue ACE inhibitor therapy during surgery, 16 of 21 patients developed hypotension, compared with ...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: March 27, 2014
Major finding: Factors associated with higher costs for esophagectomy were age, greater severity of illness, and black race.Data source: Retrospec...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: March 26, 2014
Major finding: Neoadjuvant or immunosuppressive therapy did not increase the rate of complications after total mesorectal excision among patients ...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: March 26, 2014
Major finding: The 3-year survival rate for patients who received neoadjuvant chemoradiation for four or more metastatic lymph nodes was 71%, comp...
News
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Publish date: March 26, 2014
