News

Paradigm shift: Prophylactic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer risk reduction

Posted on: 24/09/2014 - 17:50

LAS VEGAS – Removing the fallopian tubes at the time of pelvic surgeries as a potential means of reducing ovarian cancer risk appears to be a movement that’s picking up steam in clinical practice....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Specific pattern of male pattern baldness linked to aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 24/09/2014 - 15:55

Men with a combination of frontal and moderate vertex baldness at age 45 were at a significantly increased risk of having aggressive prostate cancer in a large prospective cohort study, according to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Closing large dermal defects much like a Victorian corset

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 22:39

EDINBURGH – Barbed absorbable sutures are a useful new tool to facilitate dermal closure of facial and nonfacial defects following tumor resection. “These are not the bad old sutures that you might...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Closing large dermal defects much like a Victorian corset

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 22:39

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

ACIP recommends PCV13 for all adults 65 and up

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 21:52

All adults who are 65 years or older should receive 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) routinely in series with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23), according to a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Women who were better informed chose fewer prenatal genetic tests

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 21:00

Pregnant women who used an interactive computer program to help them decide whether to undergo prenatal testing were 55% less likely to choose invasive testing than women who received standard...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Waiting for long-term data on pCR could be disservice to some breast cancer patients, expert says

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 15:19

SAN FRANCISCO – Only a fraction of patients with breast cancer who are eligible for neoadjuvant therapy are getting it, partly because of confusion around the significance of achieving a pathologic...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Waiting for long-term data on pCR could be disservice to some breast cancer patients, expert says

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 15:19

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Unclear if altering lifestyle affects breast cancer

Posted on: 22/09/2014 - 22:20

SAN FRANCISCO – Physicians have multiple good reasons to suggest lifestyle changes to many patients with breast cancer, but affecting the cancer itself may not be one of them, Dr. Pamela J. Goodwin...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Unclear if altering lifestyle affects breast cancer

Posted on: 22/09/2014 - 22:20

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Newsletters

Stay informed on our latest news!

You are here

Newsletters

Latest Newsletters