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No rise in breast cancer recurrence found with TNF inhibitor use

Posted on: 13/08/2014 - 13:50

Treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors does not appear to increase the rate of breast cancer recurrence among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from a Swedish...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

No rise in breast cancer recurrence found with TNF inhibitor use

Posted on: 13/08/2014 - 13:50

Treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors does not appear to increase the rate of breast cancer recurrence among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from a Swedish...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

FDA okays DNA stool test for CRC screening; Medicare considers coverage

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 21:00

The Food and Drug Administration has approved another noninvasive alternative to colonoscopy for screening for colorectal cancer, this one a stool-based test that detects the presence of red blood...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer, mortality

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 21:00

One-time-only screening for colorectal cancer using flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by 20% and colorectal cancer–specific mortality by 27% in a Norwegian study involving...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer, mortality

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Pregnancy exposure registries confirmed useful in assessing product safety

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 19:40

BELLEVUE, WASH. – Registries that collect data on pregnant women’s exposures to medical products and outcomes are contributing to product safety in this population, as intended, suggests an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Guideline for overactive bladder adds new treatments

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 17:55

Updated recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of non-neurogenic overactive bladder incorporate two new treatments approved since 2012 – oral mirabegron and intradetrusor injection of...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Benefits outweigh harms of aspirin therapy

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 17:45

Prophylactic aspirin therapy of at least 5 years’ duration has a favorable benefit-harm profile, primarily because of its effectiveness in preventing colorectal and other cancers, according to a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Benefits outweigh harms of aspirin therapy

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 17:45

Prophylactic aspirin therapy of at least 5 years’ duration has a favorable benefit-harm profile, primarily because of its effectiveness in preventing colorectal and other cancers, according to a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ESHRE writes first premature ovarian insufficiency guidelines

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 17:05

MUNICH – A working group of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology drafted the first international guidelines for managing premature ovarian insufficiency. Once formally released,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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