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Synopsis: Combination chemotherapy and extensive radiotherapy introduced in the late 1960s greatly improved survival rates in Hodgkins disease (HD), but increased risk of second cancer was recognized from the early 1970s.
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Synopsis: Women with pregestational diabetes or gestational diabetes plus fasting hyperglycemia have a 3- to 4-fold increased risk of infant malformations, whereas women with mild gestational diabetes have malformation rates no different than the general nondiabetic obstetric population.
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Synopsis: Sertraline was significantly more effective than placebo when taken during the luteal phase for PMDD.
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Synopsis: Involvement of a gynecologic oncologist at the time of primary surgery for endometrial cancer was associated with comparable outcomes in both the university and community hospital setting.
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Synopsis: The hazard ratio for death from breast cancer for patients with high total cyclin E levels as compared with those with low total cyclin E levels was 13.3 to about 8 times as high as the hazard ratios associated with other independent clinical and pathological risk factors, including axillary node status.
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The Womens Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen (WAVE) Trial was a randomized, controlled secondary prevention study. This study enrolled 423 postmenopausal women with coronary atherosclerosis already established at baseline by angiography.
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After years of legal wrangling, the FDA has approved loratadine (Claritin, Schering-Plough) as an over-the-counter (OTC) product for the treatment of seasonal rhinitis.
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Synopsis: The Nurses Health Study reports an increased incidence of breast cancer with daily alcohol consumption, hormone therapy, and an additive effect with greater drinking.