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Interdisciplinary care reduces deep dyspareunia in endometriosis
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- Jim Kling
VANCOUVER – A study of nearly 300 women, most of whom had confirmed or suspected endometriosis, offers clues for improving deep dyspareunia.
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PREMM5: Updated Lynch syndrome test available
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- Jim Kling
The PREMM5 model estimates a patient’s odds for carrying one of five known genes associated with Lynch syndrome
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Intraoperative radiation looks good for DCIS
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- Jim Kling
LAS VEGAS – Mammography and MRI may be sufficient to select appropriate patients with ductal carcinoma in situ.
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Sexual dysfunction, depression common in endometriosis patients
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- Jim Kling
VANCOUVER – A study in Brazilian women with endometriosis finds about double the risk of sexual dysfunction, as well as high rates of depression...
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Genes may play role in breast cancer racial disparities
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- Jim Kling
Researchers discover 142 genes differentially expressed between white and African American patients.
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Decision to remove breast cancer metastases depends on location of lesions
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- Jim Kling
LAS VEGAS – Surgery for a single brain metastasis improves survival with no extracranial disease and adjuvant WBR.
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Breast density is no reason to perform MRI
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- Jim Kling
Among women who underwent MRI before breast cancer surgery, those with high breast density had similar outcomes to those of women with low breast...
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Sutureless, guided lumpectomy produced clean margins in majority
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- Jim Kling
Pain scores were low with sutureless guided lumpectomy, and all high-risk lesions were successfully removed.
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DCIS tool IDs axillary node biopsy candidates
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- Jim Kling
A nomogram may encourage patients to have axillary nodal biopsy performed at the same time as core needle biopsy.
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Resection reduces inflammatory breast cancer lesion recurrence
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- Jim Kling
LAS VEGAS – With a plastic surgeon on call, MD Anderson surgeons achieved negative margins and local/regional recurrence rates similar to those...
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Lumpectomy plus reconstruction outperforms mastectomy plus reconstruction
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- Jim Kling
LAS VEGAS – Lumpectomy combined with plastic surgery had nearly the same cost and complication rate as lumpectomy alone, and was cheaper and safer...
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ASCO updates NSCLC guidelines for adjuvant therapy
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- Jim Kling
ASCO presents an update to 2007 guidelines for use of chemotherapy and radiation in NSCLC patients.
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Pharmacist-run PrEP clinic proves effective, profitable
- Author:
- Jim Kling
SEATTLE – A unique pharmacy-based clinic delivered HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis to vulnerable men who have sex with men, usually on the same day...
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Postsurgical O2 may cut AHI events
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- Jim Kling
Apnea-hypopnea index events per hour were less in patients who received oxygen postoperatively than in patients who received no oxygen...
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BUN increase tracks with upper GI bleeding outcomes
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- Jim Kling
In patients with nonvariceal upper GI bleeding, a rise in BUN levels at 24 hours was associated with worse outcomes.