Using a 70-gene signature screening tool for adjuvant chemotherapy decisions cost significantly more than did other methods, including giving chemotherapy to all patients, but did not confer any...
VIENNA – A concerning number of women with gestational diabetes may not be getting optimal retinal care during their pregnancy.
About 11% of women in an Irish <a...
VIENNA – By age 4 years, the children of women who were overweight or obese before their pregnancy scored 3-4 points below normal on measures of neurocognitive development.
The children showed...
Even moderate consumption of fried foods before pregnancy can significantly increase the risk of gestational diabetes, a large retrospective study has determined.
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MADRID – First-line dual targeted therapy with pertuzumab and trastuzumab plus chemotherapy gives women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer an additional 15.7 months of life, according to the...
CHICAGO – A premenopausal breast cancer patient’s follicle-stimulating hormone level upon completion of chemotherapy predicts her risk of bone loss during the ensuing 12 months, Dr. Laila S....
MADRID – From CLEOPATRA to IMELDA and TANIA, Dr. Hope S. Rugo shared her insights on these three breast cancer trials and more making headlines at the European Society for Medical Oncology...
Pediatricians should be aware of the most recent updates in contraception and considerations for special populations so they can appropriately counsel their adolescent patients, according to the new...
LAS VEGAS – Gynecologists, general surgeons, and primary care physicians now share an unprecedented opportunity to put a major dent in the incidence of ovarian cancer, according to Dr. Farr R....
The number of privately insured women who paid no out-of-pocket costs for oral contraceptive pills rose from 15% in 2012 to 67% in 2014, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in...
