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AATS: Metformin linked to better progression-free survival in early-stage NSCLC

Posted on: 26/06/2015 - 16:36

SEATTLE – Metformin use before surgery for stage I and II non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was associated with improved progression-free survival at 5 years in a <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cholecystectomy guideline adherence reduces biliary pancreatitis recurrence

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 18:43

WASHINGTON – Performed when recommended, cholecystecomy significantly decreases the risk of near-term rehospitalization for acute biliary pancreatitis, results of a retrospective study...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Reconstruction, transplantation successful for gut failure after bariatric surgery

Posted on: 18/05/2015 - 19:22

SAN DIEGO – Treating gut failure after bariatric surgery involves meeting patients’ nutritional needs while avoiding a recurrence of morbid obesity, according to Dr. Kareem Abu-Elmagd of the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

AUA: Very low-risk prostate cancers cause few deaths over 15 years

Posted on: 17/05/2015 - 22:44

NEW ORLEANS – Long-term active surveillance seems to be a safe and effective way to avoid overtreatment in men with low- and very low-risk prostate ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

OARSI: Predictors of crossover to surgery identified in patients with meniscal tears and OA

Posted on: 13/05/2015 - 18:03

SEATTLE – Certain clinical factors help predict which patients with knee meniscal tears and osteoarthritis will abandon physical therapy (PT) for su... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ELCC: Urine tumor DNA shows high testing promise

Posted on: 30/04/2015 - 18:37

GENEVA – Blood sampling provides a less invasive alternative to tumor biopsy for collecting cancer DNA for mutation testing, but retrieving tumor DN... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 20:43

SAN FRANCISCO – Voriconazole increased the risk of squamous cell carcinoma by 73% in a review of 455 lung transplant patients at the University of C... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 20:43

SAN FRANCISCO – Voriconazole increased the risk of squamous cell carcinoma by 73% in a review of 455 lung transplant patients at the University of C... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Acute renal failure biggest short-term risk in I-EVAR explantation

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 15:59

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Acute renal failure occurred postoperatively in one-third of patients who underwent endograft explantation after endovascular ab... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

mSTEADI: Better discharge-to-home rates in elderly fall patients

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 15:32

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Modifying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outpatient fall prevention program STEADI for inpatient use di... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

AATS: Metformin linked to better progression-free survival in early-stage NSCLC

Cholecystectomy guideline adherence reduces biliary pancreatitis recurrence

Reconstruction, transplantation successful for gut failure after bariatric surgery

AUA: Very low-risk prostate cancers cause few deaths over 15 years

OARSI: Predictors of crossover to surgery identified in patients with meniscal tears and OA

ELCC: Urine tumor DNA shows high testing promise

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Avoid voriconazole in transplant patients at risk for skin cancer

Acute renal failure biggest short-term risk in I-EVAR explantation

mSTEADI: Better discharge-to-home rates in elderly fall patients

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