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March 22, 2010
UroToday.com – The coagulation system is implicated in cancer proliferation, angiogenesis, host immunologic defense, and metastasis. Patients with cancer are more likely to develop thromboembolism. In the journal Cancer, Dr. Kevin Choe and colleagues report on a cohort of patients receiving radiotherapy (XRT) for prostate cancer (CaP) of which 37% also received some form of anticoagulation. From 1988 to 2005, 662 men treated with XRT for localized CaP at the University of Chicago and who had at least 2 years follow-up were selected for analysis…
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March 22, 2010
Radiographs (standard X-rays) are often inconclusive in the detection of hip and pelvic fractures in the emergency department, according to a study in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. “The diagnosis of traumatic fracture most often begins and ends with X-rays of the hip, pelvis, or both,” said Charles Spritzer, MD, lead author of the study. “In some cases though, the exclusion of a traumatic fracture is difficult,” said Spritzer…
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March 22, 2010
The imaging tests used in the diagnosis of possible pulmonary embolism (PE) vary by physician specialty and geographic region, which suggests that some of this imaging may be inappropriate, according to a study in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. PE, the formation of a blood clot in the lung, is the third-leading cardiovascular cause of death. As such, it requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. The most common imaging tests used in the diagnosis of PE include computed tomography (CT) angiography and ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy (VQ scanning)…
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March 22, 2010
Any patient with a breast lesion classified as a radial scar classified at percutaneous biopsy should undergo a surgical excision to rule out an underlying malignancy, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. “Radial scars are complex breast lesions that are classified as benign,” said Anna Linda, MD, lead author of the study. “However up to 40 percent of them are associated with an underlying malignancy,” said Linda…
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March 22, 2010
As House Democratic leaders prepare for a Sunday vote on health reform legislation, they continue to target votes from a group of antiabortion-rights Democrats who supported the House reform bill (HR 3962) in November 2009 but oppose the abortion language in the Senate reform legislation (HR 3590), the Washington Post reports. To move health reform, Democrats aim to have the House approve the Senate bill, along with a budget reconciliation bill that includes a series of changes to appease various lawmakers, according to the Post (Montgomery/Kane, Washington Post, 3/19)…
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March 22, 2010
Republicans in the Kentucky House are petitioning for the full chamber to vote on an antiabortion-rights bill (SB 38) that a House committee rejected in a 7-7 vote last month, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The bill would require abortion providers to perform an ultrasound and show the image to the pregnant woman before performing an abortion. The GOP-controlled state Senate has approved similar ultrasound bills for the past several years, but the Democrat-controlled House has thwarted a floor vote each time. Twenty-five Republicans have signed Rep…
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March 22, 2010
Access to the human papillomavirus vaccine is lowest in states with the lowest income levels, where cervical cancer death rates are highest and girls and women stand to benefit most from vaccination, according to a study in the Lancet, USA Today reports (Szabo, USA Today, 3/18). The study focused on Gardasil, which was the only HPV vaccine on the market at the time of the study. The vaccine helps block four of the most common HPV strains — two types that cause 70% of cervical cancer cases and two other types that cause 90% of genital warts cases…
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March 22, 2010
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related videos. Maddow Tracks Reform Developments: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday discussed Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) continued opposition to the Senate health reform bill’s abortion language, despite support for the bill from Catholic nuns and some antiabortion-right lawmakers…
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