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Intensive Follow-Up Reduces Mortality From Hepatocellular Cancer

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: May 7, 2012

Major Finding: Data on 18,816 hepatitis B carriers in China randomized to either intensive surveillance with ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein test...

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Surgery for DCIS Saves Lives

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: May 7, 2012

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Airborne Pollens and Asthma-Related ED Visits Coincide

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: May 4, 2012

Major Finding: A regression analysis of excess vs. average daily asthma ED visits to two hospitals revealed that the largest excess number of visi...

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PCR Bests Culture at Identifying Congenital CMV Infections

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: May 3, 2012

Major Finding: Of 123 infants enrolled for confirmation, 114 were confirmed to be CMV-positive, and 9 were confirmed to be CMV-negative.

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Duodenal GIST Responds to Surgery, Imatinib

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: May 3, 2012

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'Seat-Belt Sign' Indicates Hidden Abdominal Injury Risk

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: April 30, 2012

Major Finding: In all, 10% of children with the seat-belt sign but no abdominal pain or tenderness were found on CT scan to have an intra-abdomina...

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Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: April 30, 2012

Major Finding: In one Ohio county, asthma admission rates by neighborhood ranged from 2.6 per 1,000 to 17 per 1,000 children over 1 year. The U.S....

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Alternaria Sensitization Common in Children With Severe Asthma

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: April 12, 2012

Major Finding: In a study of 187 children, 37% of those with severe asthma tested positive for Alternaria sensitization, compared with 21% of chil...

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Small Margins Not Too Close for Comfort in Rectal Cancer

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: April 5, 2012

Major Finding: Overall 5-year survival was 70%, with no significant difference in survival by margin size.Data Source: Investigators reviewed surg...

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Adjuvant Therapy May Benefit Some With Early Gastric Cancers

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: April 4, 2012

Major Finding: Patients with stage IA-IIA gastric adenocarcinoma and at least two risk factors had a 5-year disease-specific survival of 76% or le...

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Limb Perfusion for In-Transit Melanoma Reduces Distant Recurrences

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: March 30, 2012

Major Finding: Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion was significantly better than isolated limb infusion at preventing out-of-field, in-transit me...

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Melanoma on Scalp Signals Worse Prognosis Than Other Sites

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: March 29, 2012

Major Finding: Compared with melanomas originating at other body sites, scalp melanomas are associated with worse 5-year melanoma-specific surviva...

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Outpatient Aspirin Desensitization Restores Drug's Benefit in AERD

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: March 29, 2012

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Some Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Express Androgen Receptor

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: March 29, 2012

Major Finding: The androgen receptor was expressed in 23% of triple-negative breast tumors.Data Source: Investigators did a microarray analysis of...

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Neoadjuvant Anastrozole, Other AIs Lower Mastectomy Rate

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: March 28, 2012

Major Finding: Among all patients initially considered inoperable or mastectomy candidates, breast-conserving surgery was made possible in 48.2% o...