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Data detailed in ‘Breast cancer in young women in a limited-resource environment’ have been presented. According to recent research from Cape Town, South Africa, "Despite the higher incidence of breast cancer in young women in developing countries, there is a paucity of data on their management. We present the clinicopathological features and outcome of treatment [...]

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., July 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) has received a generous gift from two doctors who specialize in kidney disease. Dr. Kant Tucker and his wife Dr. Irma Harriman Thakkar have pledged one million dollars to Simi Valley Hospital. Hospital officials say this is the first million-dollar donation ever [...]

Current study results from the report, ‘Cosmetic outcome and percentage of breast volume excision in oncoplastic breast conserving surgery,’ have been published. "Since breast-conserving surgery demonstrated identical long term survival on seven randomized trials, it has become the preferred treatment option over mastectomy. Oncoplastic surgery applying simple reshaping and displacement techniques allows inclusion of patients [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Does analysis of biomarkers in tumor cells in lymph node metastases give additional prognostic information in primary breast cancer.’ "Prognostic and treatment-predictive biomarkers in primary breast cancer are routinely analyzed in the primary tumor, whereas metastatic tumor cells in lymph node metastases are not characterized. The present study [...]

Researchers detail in ‘Value of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy for abdominal stab wounds,’ new data in pharmaceuticals. According to recent research published in the World Journal of Surgery, "The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the use of laparoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment for hemodynamically stable patients with abdominal stab wounds. We [...]

According to recent research from Oslo, Norway, "Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-induced nephrotoxicity is a feared adverse effect after heart transplantation (HTx). In patients with advanced renal failure we performed an overnight conversion from cyclosporine (CsA) to everolimus within the first year after HTx and compared changes in renal function to a similar switch performed in a [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Pilot study of a combination of S-1 and paclitaxel for patients with peritoneal metastasis from gastric cancer.’ According to recent research from Hyogo, Japan, "This pilot study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of chemotherapy for patients with peritoneal dissemination from gastric cancer or positive lavage cytology [...]

New research, ‘Improving Heart rate variability in sleep apnea patients: differences in treatment with auto-titrating positive airway pressure (APAP) versus conventional CPAP,’ is the subject of a report. "The effect of positive airway pressure treatments in different modalities on the cardiovascular consequences of the disease in sleep apnea patients is still unclear. We aimed to [...]

New investigation results, ‘Sclerotherapy in the management of postoperative lymphocele,’ are detailed in a study published in Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To describe a single-center experience with sclerotherapy of postoperative lymphocele and to determine the risk factors for failure of [...]

A report, ‘Clostridium difficile-associated disease acquired in the neurocritical care unit,’ is newly published data in Neurocritical Care. "Clostridium difficile is an important cause of nosocomial infection on the intensive care unit. Little is known about infection rates on the neurocritical care unit (NICU)," scientists writing in the journal Neurocritical Care report (see also Clostridium)."The [...]