Who enrolls in clinical oncology trials?
...e or adjuvant therapy. Trained research associated reviewed 3,047 patient records. The study examined age, gender, race, type of insurance and practice type of treating institution (academic or not) as well as participation in clinical trials. Overall, only 2.7 percent of all patients were accrued to clinica...Chest Foundation 'Stories at the End of Life' released
... where they work and live. Story submissions were reviewed and selected by project co-chairs Norine Lever, MA, and Rosemary Bone Mason, RN, along with the ACCP Publications Committee....Modified lung donor standards decrease mortality
...ng list time, and clinical outcomes. Researchers reviewed the charts of all potential lung donors for 18 months prior to and following the establishment of the PDP. After the PDP was initiated, the number of lung donations increased from 17 to 39, showing an increase of 119 percent. The number of lung tra...NCCAM awards planning grants for International Centers for Research
...ers program by an expert panel in 2002. The panel reviewed the original CAM centers that were established shortly after creation of NCCAM in 1999. Based on the lessons learned from these first centers, and in response to the evolving opportunities and challenges in CAM research, the expert panel recommended...NCCAM funds Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...ers program by an expert panel in 2002. The panel reviewed the original CAM centers that were established shortly after creation of NCCAM in 1999. Based on the lessons learned from these first centers, and in response to the evolving opportunities and challenges in CAM research, the expert panel recommended...Aspirin withdrawal may pose risk to coronary patients
...ase." Researchers from University Hospital Pasteur reviewed the cases of 1,236 patients hospitalized for coronary syndromes to determine which patients were hospitalized due to treatment withdrawal. Of those hospitalized, 51patients experienced acute coronary events, including unstable angina, stent thrombos...NCCAM funds Developmental Centers for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...ers program by an expert panel in 2002. The panel reviewed the original CAM centers that were established shortly after creation of NCCAM in 1999. Based on the lessons learned from these first centers, and in response to the evolving opportunities and challenges in CAM research, the expert panel recommended...1 in 3 injections given in developing countries is unsafe
...untries, find researchers in this week's BMJ. They reviewed published studies and unpublished reports to describe the frequency and safety of injection practices in 14 regions of the world. They found that up to 75% of injections were given with reused, unsterilised equipment. Reuse was highest in the South E...Tumor size predicts survival in patients with lung cancer
... stage IA non-small cell lung cancer. Researchers reviewed the history of 244 patients who underwent surgical resection for lung tumors. Overall mortality/survival rates and mortality/survival rates specific to lung cancer were analyzed and compared to tumor size. The overall 5-year survival rate in patien......'s depiction of epilepsy over the past 75 years is reviewed in this month's issue of THE LANCET NEUROLOGY. The author of the review concludes that, unlike the progressive trends seen in literature, the film industry continues to depict many ancient stereotypes associated with epilepsy. From Hollywood blockbu...Approaches to preventing, treating and living with macular degeneration discussed at Academy meeting
...or of ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, reviewed the history and current status of surgical approaches to treating AMD. He also reported on the promising results of Phase II/III clinical trials of anecortave acetate, a steroid analog injected into the eye that significantly reduces loss of vision. ...Effect of breast feeding on blood pressure may be overestimated
...n this week's BMJ. Christopher Owen and colleagues reviewed 24 studies to determine whether breast feeding in infancy was associated with lower blood pressure at different ages compared with bottle feeding formula milk. Studies that reported noticeable and statistically significant differences in blood pressu...Emory and CDC scientists explore why most breastfed infants of HIV-positive mothers resist infection
... Emory Vaccine Center, and the University of Paris reviewed the scientific literature to pinpoint the reasons why many breastfed infants resist HIV, with the goal of devising future intervention strategies to prevent newborn infections. Their findings were published online in November and will be published i...Other highlights in the December 3 issue of JNCI
...ong Kong, Queens Mary Hospital, and his colleagues reviewed data from nine studies, which included 2,831 patients with gastric cancer, and found that long-term use of aspirin or nonaspirin NSAIDs is associated with a dose-dependent reduction in the risk of gastric cancer. Further analysis showed that NSAID us...Elderly men receiving excessive prostate cancer screening, study suggests
... Yao, M.D., of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, reviewed information about screening in a nationally representative sample of 7,889 men who participated in the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Approximately 32.5% of men ages 75 or older reported that they had undergone a PSA screening test during th...WHO accused of huge HIV blunder
...d in the 2002 draft is inappropriate for HIV. The reviewed studies calculate a "population attributable fraction", the proportion of infections in the population due to a specific risk factor. Schmid says this method works for non-infectious diseases, but not when infected people can affect the future course...Population surveys - A new 'gold standard' for estimating true incidence of HIV/AIDS?
...erma from WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues reviewed estimates of HIV-1 prevalence in adults from three recent national surveys and compared the prevalence data with that obtained by conventional estimates for three countries: Zambia, Mali, and South Africa. HIV-1 prevalence was found to be around 25% ...2nd opinion from major center leads to better breast cancer detection, treatment changes
...n. When the outside and the additional images were reviewed by the specialized breast imagers at the University of Michigan, their interpretation differed from the original reading in 45 percent (67) of the patients. That change in interpretation made a difference in recommendations for 43 patients, represen...Major advance in chemotherapy in breast cancer
...well as other tumor characteristics were centrally reviewed by an independent pathologist. Study Results At five years follow-up, 75 percent of patients on TAC and 68 percent of patients on FAC were disease-free. This corresponds to a 28 percent reduction in the relative risk of recurrence (p=0.0010). Thi...Specialty medical societies offer evidence-based conclusions on inhaled steroid treatment for asthma
...wth retardation, and skin thinning. Panel members reviewed 108 asthma studies related to ICS therapy complications and summarized all relevant evidence for each risk area. A consensus statement was provided for each risk area along with a grade to reflect the quantity and quality of evidence supporting each...