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Reattaching intercostals fails to squelch spinal cord ischemia in TAAA repairs
Key clinical point: Intercostal artery reimplantation (ICAR) did not produce a significant reduction in spinal cord ischemia following...
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Women dogged by unplanned readmissions after aortic surgery
Key clinical point: Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions, compared with men, especially when discharged...
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VIDEO: Think immunotherapy first in relapsed NSCLC
Is it time to think of immunotherapy as a first-line option for relapsed non–small-cell lung cancer?
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Two trials spotlight atezolizumab activity in advanced lung cancer
Key clinical point: Atezolizumab is clinically active in advanced lung cancer and higher PD-L1 expression correlated with improved response and...
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VIDEO: Pediatric outcomes reassuring after cancer treatment during pregnancy
The case-control study found no significant differences in mental development among children exposed to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery alone...
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ECC: Pembrolizumab hits mark in heavily pretreated nasopharngeal cancer
Programmed cell death 1 blockade with pembrolizumab proved a good match for nasopharngeal carcinoma, a notoriously difficult-to-treat cancer, in...
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ECC: Nivolumab, Cabozantinib bring long overdue options to advanced kidney cancer
Nivolumab significantly extended overall survival in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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Readmissions rise with endovascular lower limb procedures
Endovascular procedures were not superior to open surgery in reducing 30-day readmissions in patients undergoing lower extremity procedures.
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New insights into IBS visceral hypersensitivity
Reported at the at the James W. Freston Conference, new evidence is shifting attention from low-grade inflammation to mast cell activation as a...
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Uncorking the negative emotions of IBS
For patients with irritable bowel syndrome, expressing rather than bottling up negative emotions may be just what the doctor ordered, reported a...
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VIDEO: Does childhood abdominal pain portend adult GI problems?
New research suggests that childhood functional abdominal pain increases the risk for adult problems.