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Goserelin improves fertility in HR-negative breast cancer
Key clinical point: Goserelin may be offered to young patients with hormone receptor–negative breast cancer who desire to preserve fertility or...
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Liver cancer without cirrhosis surprisingly common: Is NAFLD the cause?
Key clinical point: A significant proportion of NAFLD-related HCC patients have no cirrhosis at presentation, so clinicians need to maintain a...
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Glucosamine, chondroitin combo found equal to celecoxib for severe knee OA pain
Key clinical point: Patients with moderate to severe knee OA pain who do not have prior coronary artery disease or peripheral artery disease or...
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FISH panel may improve Barrett’s surveillance
Key clinical point: Assessing aneuploidy and P16 as well as age and BE length can be useful in stratifying patients with Barrett’s esophagus into...
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Risk alleles linked to thiopurine-induced pancreatitis
Key clinical point: Avoiding azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine in patients with the risk alleles results in a number needed to treat of 76 patients to...
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Study takes air out of pre–bypass intragastric balloon
Key clinical point: A temporary intragastric balloon helps reduce weight in the morbidly obese awaiting bypass surgery, but induces morbidity...
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Early endoscopic follow-up nets dysplasia in 9.5% of Barrett’s
Key clinical point: Early endoscopic follow-up catches 9.5% of dysplasia missed on initial exam, but is not universally recommended by medical...
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Fecal transplant falls short in UC, but may not be the end
Key clinical finding: Fecal microbiota transplant is not ready for ulcerative colitis yet.Major finding: Remission was achieved by seven FMT...
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Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers
Major finding: After adjustment, total thyroidectomy did not improve overall survival over lobectomy for tumors 1-2 cm (HR, 1.05; P = .61) or 2.1-...
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Resident participation linked to more postsurgery complications
Major finding: Rates were significantly higher with resident participation than without for DVT (0.80% vs. 0.62%; P = .002) and PE (0.43% vs. 0.28...
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Inflammatory ultrasound changes track with hand OA progression
Key clinical point: Patients with inflammatory changes in hand OA on ultrasound during follow-up are at higher risk for radiographic progression....