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- in Oncology
- — 17 Mar, 2008
Front Line Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Nick Thatcher
NICK THATCHER, Christie Hospital, Manchester
There is a proven benefit in survival if you give your patients cis-platinum based chemotherapy after resection for non-small cell lung cancer. Nick Thatcher emphasized this fact at the beginning of his
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- in Oncology
- — 16 Mar, 2008
Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – March 15th, 2008
Volume 16 Number 6 (March 15th, 2008) reporting from:
4th European Congress on Hematologic Malignancies (February 22-24, 2008, Paris)
American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (December 8-11, 2007 Atlanta)
Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, November 7-10, 2007, New York

David Maloney
Nonmyeloablative
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- in News · Oncology
- — 26 Feb, 2008
Combinations and Targeted Agents: Better Survival in Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Martin Dreyling
Reporting From: 4th European Congress on Hematologic Malignancies, Paris 22-24 February, 2008
MARTIN DREYLING, University Hospital Grosshaden, Munich
Since the 1970s therapies for mantle cell lymphoma have greatly extended life, Martin Dreyling told conference delegates in Paris. He
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- in Oncology
- — 10 Dec, 2007
Live Report from ASH: Azacitidine ‘New Standard’ In High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Pierre Fenaux
PIERRE FENAUX, Paris 13 University
Results from a phase III study presented at ASH suggest that the hypomethylating agent azacitidine should be the new standard of care for patients with high-risk MDS. Pierre Fenaux of Paris 13 University
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- in General Medicine
- — 9 Dec, 2007
New Drug AMG 531 Effective in Splenectomized Patients with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Terry Gernsheimer
TERRY GERNSHEIMER, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
An investigational drug AMG 531 has increased and sustained platelet counts in splenectomized patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura or ITP. This was in a placebo controlled phase III trial
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Nov, 2007
Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results

Ake Hjalmarson

Gordon Tomaselli
REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 2, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
N Engl J Med 2007;357
AKE HJALMARSON, Sahlgrenska University, Göteborg
COMMENT: GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
The lipid
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 5 Nov, 2007
TRITON-TIMI 38 Prasugrel Or Clopidogrel In Percutaneous Intevention?

Gordon Tomaselli

Daniel Jones
REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
COMMENT: DANIEL JONES, President, American Heart Association, University of Mississippi, Jackson
A potential new
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$Endothelin Antagonist Keeps Patients with Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Alive Longer$
- in Oncology
- — 2 Nov, 2007
Endothelin Antagonist Keeps Patients with Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Alive Longer

Nicholas James

Gordon McVie
REFERENCE: Abstract: 3LB (Presidential Session), ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007
NICHOLAS JAMES, Birmingham University
COMMENT: GORDON MCVIE, European Institute of Oncology, Milan
A new drug has improved overall survival
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- in General Medicine
- — 21 Sep, 2007
DUET 1 and 2 Trials: TMC 125 has Superior Virologic and Immunologic Response Rates

Pedro Cahn
REFERENCE: Abstract H-717, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
PEDRO CAHN, Juan A. Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires
Etravirine provides a chance to rescue patients who are failing non-nucleoside regimens according to 24-week
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- in General Medicine
- — 21 Sep, 2007
Hospital Hand Hygiene Program Successfully Rolled Out

Lindsay Grayson
REFERENCE: Abstract K-1374, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
LINDSAY GRAYSON, Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia
A hand hygiene campaign implemented in six hospitals in Victoria, Australia has saved lives from MRSA, and
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- in General Medicine
- — 21 Sep, 2007
BORIS: A. baumanni Highly Resistant β-Lactamase and Varying Susceptibility Patterns

Jennifer Lavrrar, Jane Hata, Jeanette Block
REFERENCE: Slide Session C2-1360, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
JANE HATA, bioMéríeux Inc, Durham
Reports from the BORIS study call for ongoing surveillance of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter
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- in Public Health
- — 19 Sep, 2007
Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage

Megan Nguyen
REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University in Pomona, California
New vancomycin guidelines that recommend using higher doses may cause kidney damage according to
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