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Monthly Archive: January 2008

  • Gastrointestinal Cancers: Progress with Targeted Therapies
    • in Oncology
    • — 27 Jan, 2008

    Gastrointestinal Cancers: Progress with Targeted Therapies

    Robert Mayer
    Robert Mayer

    ROBERT MAYER, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
    One of the leading participants at the 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Robert Mayer, gave Peter Goodwin his assessment of some of the emerging new therapies being announced, for colorectal, liver and
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    Liver Cancer: Risk Groups for Screening
    • in News
    • — 27 Jan, 2008

    Liver Cancer: Risk Groups for Screening

    Eugene Schiff
    Eugene Schiff

    REFERENCE: General Session IV
    EUGENE SCHIFF, University of Miami
    Screening for Hepatitits C and B, and subsequent screening for cancer, can save millions of lives from hepatocellular carcinoma. Eugene Schiff told the Gastrointestinal Cancers Conference in Orlando which
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  • Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer
    • in Oncology
    • — 27 Jan, 2008

    Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer

    Charles Hsu
    Charles Hsu

    CHARLES HSU, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
    Big improvements in overall survival were achieved by combining radiation with adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with pancreas cancer in a dtudy reported to the conference in Orlando. Charles Hsu told Peter Goodwin
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    How to Prevent Stomach and Esophageal Cancers?
    • in News
    • — 26 Jan, 2008

    How to Prevent Stomach and Esophageal Cancers?

    William Blot
    William Blot

    REFERENCE: General Session 1: Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach
    WILLIAM BLOT, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
    Obesity emerged as a key cause of esophageal cancer from data presented by William Blot who told Peter Goodwin about the changing
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  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths
    • in Public Health
    • — 17 Jan, 2008

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths

    Zulfiqar Bhutta
    Zulfiqar Bhutta

    Reference: The Lancet, Maternal and Child Undernutrition Special Series
    With one child in three killed by it, childhood and maternal undernutrition are discussed in a special series of articles in the Lancet. Sarah Maxwell spoke with Zulfiqar Bhutta
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    Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes
    • in General Medicine
    • — 11 Jan, 2008

    Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

    Colin Baigent
    Colin Baigent

    REFERENCE: Lancet 371:117 January 11, 2008
    COLIN BAIGENT, Oxford University
    Statins were found to cut cardiovascular event rates by a fifth among patients with both Type I and Type II diabetes in a meta-analysis of 18 000
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  • Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Long Term Findings
    • in News
    • — 8 Jan, 2008

    Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Long Term Findings

    Richard Peto
    Richard Peto

    REFERENCE: Lancet 371:29-40; January 5, 2008
    RICHARD PETO, Oxford University
    The prospect of cutting breast cancer mortality in half throughout the world is held out by Richard Peto of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). He
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    Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability
    • in General Medicine
    • — 4 Jan, 2008

    Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability

    Peter Tyrer
    Peter Tyrer

    REFERENCE: Lancet 371:57 January 5, 2008
    PETER TYRER, Imperial College, W6 8RP London
    A randomized study comparing treatment with risperidone, or haloperidol, or placebo to treat patients who have intellectual disability presenting with a syndrome commonly labelled as
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