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Orthopedic surgery among RA patients declining, study finds
Major finding: The incidence of any orthopedic surgery among rheumatoid arthritis patients declined from 94.6 per 1,000 person-years in 1998-2001...
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For dyspnea, details should drive choice of lung volume reduction therapy
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Antirheumatic drugs don’t boost surgical infection risk
Major finding: Rheumatoid arthritis patients who remained on their antirheumatic medication while they underwent various types of surgery did not...
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Increasing proportion of musculoskeletal infections involve MRSA
Major finding: The proportion of musculoskeletal infection cases involving MRSA vs. MSSA increased from 12% to 35% between 2001 and 2010.Data...
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IMRT bests conventional radiation for soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities
Major finding: The 5-year local control rate with intensity-modulated radiation therapy was 92.4%, compared with 85% for conventional external-...
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Tumor distance from nipple boosts nomogram results
Major finding: Positive sentinel nodes were seen in 17 of 33 (52%) tumors within 2 cm of the nipple, compared with 17% of 368 tumors more than 2...
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ASTRO outlines five radiation oncology practices that should be curtailed
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Breast cancer receptor change may predict outcomes
Major finding: Receptor status changed in 41% of breast cancers after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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Losartan shown effective in Marfan syndrome
Major finding: The rate of aortic root enlargement during 3 years of prospective follow-up was 0.77 mm in losartan-treated patients with Marfan...
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Prophylactic beta-blockers and noncardiac surgery: It's complicated!
Major finding: Patients with heart failure who were on beta-blocker therapy at the time of noncardiac surgery had a 22% reduction in 30-day major...