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Aspirin, vitamin D levels protect against recurrent CRC

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 21:18

CHICAGO – Both aspirin and higher plasma levels of vitamin D appear to be modestly effective in secondary prevention of colorectal cancer, investigators in a large cohort study and a randomized trial...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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DDW: Uveitis significantly more common in black patients with IBD

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 20:00

WASHINGTON – Black patients with inflammatory bowel disease were significantly more likely to have at least one extraintestinal manifestation of the disease than were white patients, particularly...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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VIDEO: Dr. William J. Gradishar provides take-home messages from ASCO 2015

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 16:41

CHICAGO – Dr. William J. Gradishar says bevacizumab may not be dead, T-DM1 is definitely not dead, and the jury is still out on bisphosphonates preventing recurrence, based on presentations at the...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Annual U.S. incidence of BCC pegged at 2 million

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 15:49

Approximately 2 million basal cell carcinomas occur in the United States each year, a number that has increased only modestly during the past 15 years, according to <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

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VIDEO: Dr. Walter M. Stadler gives take-home messages from ASCO 2015 GU sessions

Posted on: 03/06/2015 - 22:23

CHICAGO – Dr. Walter M. Stadler provides his take on ASCO 2015 presentations and discussions around genitourinary research, including practice-changing results on the use of chemotherapy for treating...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

First in-human RA vaccine trial yields positive results

Posted on: 03/06/2015 - 19:20

A single intradermal injection of autologous modified dendritic cells exposed to citrullinated peptides is safe and has immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory effects, results of a phase I first...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

DDW: SVR rates slump with real world use of sofosbuvir-based HCV regimens

Posted on: 03/06/2015 - 18:29

WASHINGTON – Sustained virologic response rates for genotype 1 and 2 patients are lower with sofosbuvir-based hepatitis C virus regimens in routine clinical practice than clinical trials, results...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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FDA report provides overview of HCV drug approvals

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 20:12

In a report published in Hepatology, scientists from the FDA’s Division of Antiviral Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) have provided a brief overview of the FDA’s...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Precision medicine initiatives take wing

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 19:52

CHICAGO – It’s getting very personal in oncology, and that’s a very good thing. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, major cancer organizations announced new precision...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 19:00

For recently postmenopausal women, oral combined hormone therapy may help with symptoms of depression and anxiety. But hormone therapy did not produce any changes in cognition. In a large,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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