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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

Invasive approaches ‘overused’ for evaluating pulmonary nodules

Posted on: 25/06/2015 - 22:44

One in four intermediate-sized (8-20 mm) pulmonary nodules were found to be malignant, based on results from a retrospective study of 377 patients seen in 18 community pulmonology...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Posted on: 17/06/2015 - 18:34

The rates of breast-conserving surgery have increased over the last 2 decades among women with early-stage breast cancers in the United States, but disparities persist, based on an analysis of data...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Posted on: 17/06/2015 - 18:34

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Arthroscopic knee surgery offers no lasting pain benefit

Posted on: 16/06/2015 - 23:30

Arthroscopic knee surgery in middle-aged or older patients with knee pain is associated with greater harm than good, according to a meta-analysis. The analysis of nine randomized, controlled trials...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Antibiotic therapy an option for acute appendicitis

Posted on: 16/06/2015 - 16:00

Antibiotic therapy failed to be shown as noninferior to surgery in a study of adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, but it did resolve the problem and avert surgery with no adverse effects in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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

ICOO: Opioid self-dosing falls short of pain control

Posted on: 10/06/2015 - 18:14

BOSTON – Many cancer patients do not pursue or at least do not achieve complete freedom from pain when permitted control over their opioid dose, according to a comprehensive analysis of published...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

AATS: No postpneumonectomy survival benefit in adding radiation to chemotherapy for NSCLC

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 21:57

SEATTLE – Adding radiotherapy to neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not improve long-term survival after pneumonectomy for non–small cell lung cancer, according to a Turkish <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Thyroid surgery on the rise

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 16:52

There was a steady rise in the number of endocrine procedures being performed in the United States over the past decade, according to a new publication from the Endocrine Society. Thyroid disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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

Invasive approaches ‘overused’ for evaluating pulmonary nodules

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Arthroscopic knee surgery offers no lasting pain benefit

Antibiotic therapy an option for acute appendicitis

Cholecystectomy guideline adherence reduces biliary pancreatitis recurrence

ICOO: Opioid self-dosing falls short of pain control

AATS: No postpneumonectomy survival benefit in adding radiation to chemotherapy for NSCLC

Thyroid surgery on the rise

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