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Better survival with aspirin in HLA class 1 antigen-positive cancers only

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 21:00

Aspirin therapy improves survival in patients whose colon cancers express HLA class 1 antigen, but not in those whose tumors have lost that expression, investigators reported online March 31 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Better survival with aspirin in HLA class 1 antigen-positive cancers only

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ECT electrode placement matters most in elderly

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 20:15

ORLANDO – Right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy at six times the seizure threshold is markedly more effective in severely depressed patients aged 60 and older than in those who are younger,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

FDA panel unanimously supports Cologuard colorectal cancer test

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 18:10

GAITHERSBURG, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously supported the approval of the Cologuard DNA stool test, a first-line diagnostic test to screen for the detection of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Ustekinumab again linked to cardiovascular events

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 17:05

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The anti-interleukin-12/23 biologic agents ustekinumab and briakinumab were associated with a statistically significant 4.23-fold increased risk of major adverse cardiac events in...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Simple smell test may predict donepezil response

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 13:15

ORLANDO – Predicting whether add-on donepezil will improve residual cognitive deficits in an elderly patient on adequate antidepressant therapy may be as plain as the nose on the patient’s face....

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Prostate cancer screening fell in wake of trial results, task force recommendations

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 18:00

Routine screening for prostate cancer decreased in Ohio after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against it, with a more immediate and pronounced decrease in the urban/academic...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

FDA panel says blood test for colorectal cancer screening is safe, not effective

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 17:10

GAITHERSBURG, MD. – The Food and Drug Administration deemed the first-of-a-kind blood test to screen for colorectal cancer safe but not effective. At a <link...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Patient selection can keep the lid on esophagectomy costs

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:30

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Cost and quality are not always synonymous, particularly when it comes to complex surgical procedures such as esophagectomy. A review of records on more than 6,700 patients who...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Patient selection can keep the lid on esophagectomy costs

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:30

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Cost and quality are not always synonymous, particularly when it comes to complex surgical procedures such as esophagectomy. A review of records on more than 6,700 patients who...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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