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Maintaining Quality of Life in Patients With Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer: An Expert Interview With Dr. Martine Piccart
Sequential vs combination chemotherapy? Bevacizumab? Ixabepilone? Dr. Martine Piccart offers her perspectives on treatment for metastatic breast cancer, with particular focus on quality of life.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, October 2008
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Pancreatic Cancer: More Than One Flavor?
In this videoblog, Dr. John Marshall talks about how our growing ability to prospectively define tumors according to their genetics is likely to be the key to applying highly effective anticancer treatments.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, October 2008
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A Call to Arms (and Noses): Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers
Do data suggest that vaccination of healthcare workers prevents infection in their patients? Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH, discusses recent evidence in her video blog.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 2008
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Another Good Reason Not to Smoke
In this video blog, Dr. Maurie Markman reports on a study suggesting that smoking may potentiate the carcinogenic effect of high-risk HPV infection in women.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, October 2008
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Scientists Discover Neuroblastoma Gene
The author discusses new findings about a genetic cause of neuroblastoma.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, October 2008
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Let's Not Give Up on Dual Antibodies in Colon Cancer...Yet
In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall observes that despite unexpected negative results in the PACCE and CAIRO2 trials, dual antibody therapy may yet play a role in colorectal cancer.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, October 2008
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CDI: A Global Perspective of an Epidemic
Why is there a global epidemic of CDI, and how can it be controlled?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 2008
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Delayed Adjuvant Chemotherapy in a Premenopausal Woman With Hormone-Positive Breast Cancer?
Will taxane-based chemotherapy improve outcome for a premenopausal patient 3 years after diagnosis? Dr. Eric Winer looks at the evidence.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, September 2008
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Polypharmacy: Managing Chemotherapy in the Older Cancer Patient With Multiple Comorbid Conditions
Many factors can affect the efficacy and safety of cancer treatments, not the least of which are drug-drug and drug-disease interactions associated with duplicate, OTC, and CAM medications.
NCCN Clinical Practice Oncology Forum, September 2008
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Colorectal Cancer: KRAS Changes Everything
In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall explains how recent findings about the KRAS gene have profound implications both for our approach to colorectal cancer as a disease, as well as for treatment.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, September 2008
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Have Genome-wide Association Studies Made Major Contributions?
In his video blog, Dr. Eric Topol reacts to a story published in Science Times by underscoring the value of genome-wide association studies.
Medscape Pathology, September 2008
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Have You Ever Used Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Paul Auwaerter, MD, reviews the past and present of piperacillin/tazobactam for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in this videoblog.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 2008
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Does the Use of Radio Frequency Identification Devices in the Hospital Setting Pose a Risk to Patients?
Commentary on a study on the potential hazards of using radio frequency identification devices in the hospital setting, published June 2008 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Medscape General Surgery, September 2008
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Controversies in Tight Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Adults
This meta-analysis delves into morbidity and mortality data related to tight glucose control in critically ill patients.
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, September 2008
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A Market for Compassion: Single-Payer Health Insurance
Prajwal Ciryam, second-year MD/PhD student at Northwestern University and Co-Founding Member of Health Care for All Illinois, explains why an American single-payer system is right.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, September 2008
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Hand Hygiene: How Can We Improve?
Lisa Maragakis, MD, reviews in her videoblog the serious challenges of measuring and improving hand hygiene compliance in the healthcare setting.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 2008
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First-line Treatment of Triple-Negative and Basal-Like Breast Cancers
Drs. Bao and Wolff discuss the distinctions between these overlapping tumor phenotypes as well as recent data on treatment options.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, August 2008
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Sun, Pigmentation, Genetic Variations, and the Risk for Skin Cancer
The authors discuss important new papers reporting on the relationships of genetic markers to risk for skin cancer.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, August 2008
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Obesity Variants Affect Eating Behavior in a Predictable World: The FTO, MC4R, HBII-85 Genes
Dr. Bradley Patay discusses important new papers reporting on the relationships of genetic markers to obesity.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, August 2008
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Retooling for an Aging America
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, discusses the impact of the "baby boomer" generation on medicine.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, August 2008
