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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Apr, 2008
Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis

Warren Cantor

Tony Gershlick
REFERENCE: Abstract 2404-3 SCAI-ACCi2 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials II: Acute Myocardial Infarction
Warren Cantor, University of Toronto
COMMENT: Tony Gershlick, Leicester University
A new study has shown important gains from adding angioplasty routinely to therapy for all
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- in General Medicine
- — 21 Mar, 2008
Debate: Adjuvant Chemotherapy Should Be Standard in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Giorgio Scagliotti

Robert Pirker
GIORGIO SCAGLIOTTI, University of Turin
ROBERT PIRKER, Medical University of Vienna
A heated debate took place at the European Congress on Lung Cancer in Turin between Robert Pirker who is in favor of offering
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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
Bevacizumab: New Standard for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

Christian Manegold

Nick Thatcher
Christian Manegold, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Manheim
Nick Thatcher, Christie Hospital, Manchester
Is bevacizumab a new standard of care for patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer who have good performance status? This question
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- in News
- — 16 Mar, 2008
Cetuximab Extends Survival In Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Robert Pirker
ROBERT PIRKER , Medical University of Vienna
Phase III study results have detected improvements in overall survival among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with a monoclonal antibody targeted to the epidermal growth factor receptor: EGFR.
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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 Public Health
- — 7 Feb, 2008
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Europe’s Surge Against Cancer

Michel Coleman
Michel Coleman (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) explains how cancer will become a new priority in the EU.
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$Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer: Increased Progression-Free Survival With Satraplatin and Prednisone$
- in Oncology
- — 1 Feb, 2008
Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer: Increased Progression-Free Survival With Satraplatin and Prednisone

Cora Sternberg
REFERENCE: Abstract 4010, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007
CORA STERNBERG, San Camillo and Forlanini Hospital, Rome
Satraplatin could provide a new option for patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer, by giving
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- in Oncology
- — 27 Jan, 2008
Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer

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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- in General Medicine
- — 11 Jan, 2008
Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

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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- 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
- — 11 Dec, 2007
Live Report from ASH:
Ibritumomab Provides Benefit in Patients with Follicular Lymphoma

Anton Hagenbeek
ANTON HAGENBEEK, University Medical Centre Utrecht
For patients with advanced-stage follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ibritumomab tiuxetan seems to prolong progression free survival by two years with favourable toxicity. Sarah Maxwell spoke to study author Anton Hagenbeek at the ASH
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