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Study finds no link between thyroid autoimmunity, breast cancer outcomes

Posted on: 21/10/2015 - 18:32

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – In contrast with at least two prior small studies, thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies were not associated with breast cancer outcomes in a large cohort of patients. Stored...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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Study finds no link between thyroid autoimmunity, breast cancer outcomes

Posted on: 21/10/2015 - 18:32

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Thyroglobulin can’t predict pazopanib response in differentiated thyroid cancer

Posted on: 21/10/2015 - 17:00

Lake BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Pazopanib is an effective therapy for advanced thyroid cancer, but at present, there seems to be no way to predict which patients will respond to it. An investigation into...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

GI bleeds in obese patients more complicated but no more fatal

Posted on: 21/10/2015 - 14:10

HONOLULU – Obese patients who develop an upper GI bleed receive more treatment, are more likely to develop hemorrhagic shock, and are more likely to require admission to an intensive care unit than...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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IDWeek: VA found no evidence of CRE transmission through duodenoscopes

Posted on: 20/10/2015 - 22:27

SAN DIEGO – Researchers found “no compelling evidence” that carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae were transmitted to Veterans Affairs patients during more than 55,000 endoscopic retrograde...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Worsening of lesions on MRI predicts knee OA

Posted on: 20/10/2015 - 21:43

People without x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis in their knees but with MRI-identified lesions that worsen over time are significantly likelier to develop knee OA, compared with people whose lesions...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ITC 2015: TIRADS scoring helps sort out malignancy after fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodule

Posted on: 20/10/2015 - 18:37

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – A scoring system for ultrasound evaluation of thyroid nodules is useful in predicting malignancy in cases of atypia of unknown significance but is less useful for nodules...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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Dactylitis warns of future damage in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 20/10/2015 - 18:28

Baseline radiographic damage and the presence of dactylitis at 5 years are independent predictors of further joint destruction in people with psoriatic arthritis, according to follow-up data from a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Cabozantinib boosts survival for some patients with RET+ medullary thyroid cancer

Posted on: 20/10/2015 - 17:39

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib significantly extended overall survival for patients with RET-M918T–positive medullary thyroid cancer. The placebo-controlled EXAM...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Obesity linked with more aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma

Posted on: 20/10/2015 - 16:55

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Obesity was strongly associated with more aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma features, but not with a greater likelihood of disease recurrence in a review of nearly 7,300...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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