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- in Cardiovascular
- — 13 Apr, 2008
Heart Failure Drug Prevents Renal Damage?
Barry Massie
Barry Massie, San Francisco VA Medical Center
COMMENT: Aaron Kugelmass, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
The adenosine A1-receptor antagonist rolofylline appears to prevent renal impairment and improve acute heart failure symptoms. Barry Massie and Aaron Kugelmass discussed
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- in General Medicine
- — 17 Mar, 2008
Target Angiogenesis for Lung Cancer With Multiple Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Silvia Novello
SILVIA NOVELLO, University of Turin
Future improvements in drug treatment of lung cancer may be made by inhibiting more than one tyrosine kinase simultaneously. So said Silvia Novello when she presented data on a range of drugs
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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 Oncology
- — 26 Feb, 2008
“Total Therapy” Possible Cure For Multiple Myeloma?

Bart Barlogie
Reporting From: 4th European Congress on Hematologic Malignancies, Paris 22-24 February, 2008
BART BARLOGIE, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
A treatment known as “total therapy” could cure many patients with multiple myeloma, conference-goers have just heard. The targeted
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- in News · Oncology
- — 26 Feb, 2008
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia After Fludarabine Failure

John Gribben
Reporting From: 4th European Congress on Hematologic Malignancies, Paris 22-24 February, 2008
JOHN GRIBBEN, Bartholemews Hospital, London
New promise for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia is arising from combining antibody therapies rituximab and alemtuzumab with new drugs such as
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- in Oncology
- — 15 Feb, 2008
Oral Capecitabine: As Good As Fluorouracil Second Line for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

David Cunningham
REFERENCE: Abstract 3012, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 â€“ 27 September 2007
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Royal Marsden Hospital, London
The oral agent capeticabine is just as effective as fluorouracil for treating patients whose metastatic colorectal cancer
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- in General Medicine
- — 4 Jan, 2008
Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability

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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- in Oncology
- — 15 Dec, 2007
New Drug RAD001 Plus Letrozole In Neoadjuvant Therapy For Breast Cancer

Jose Baselga
JOSE BASELGA, Vall dâ€™Hebron Hospital, Barcelona
RAD001, a drug targeted at the mTor pathway, has been combined with letrozole in a randomised phase II trial in breast cancer. The investigators saw more responses in the experimental arm, and
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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
- — 5 Nov, 2007
Long Term Outcomes of Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in Patients Undergoing PCI

Laura Mauri

Raymond Gibbons
REFERENCE: Late Breaking Special Session, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
LAURA MAURI, Brigham and Womanâ€™s Hospital, Boston Massachusetts
COMMENT: RAYMOND GIBBONS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
The largest study to date looking
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 5 Nov, 2007
Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT-Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub-Study Results
REFERENCE: Abstract: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
LESLEE SHAW, Emory University, Atlanta
COMMENT: DANIEL JONES, AHA President, University of Mississippi, Jackson
Some patients with stable angina may be best …
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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 31 Aug, 2007
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News Review, August 31st, 2007

Philippe Mayaud
Herpes Simplex Therapy Reduces HIV Activity in Co-Infected Patients
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356: 790-9
PHILIPPE MAYAUD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
It is possible to reduce HIV activity in patients who are co-infected
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