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In a multicenter trial from Japan, Bestatin, an aminopeptidase inhibitor, was shown to enhance survival in patients with stage I sqaumous cell carcinoma of the lung.
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The value of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive bladder cancer had not been definitively established, possibly because clinical trials have been of insufficient size to demonstrate efficacy.
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Only tamoxifen has enough evidence to recommend it for the prevention of breast cancer, and its use is limited to very high-risk women with a low risk of side effects.
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There are increasing numbers of women who have been cured of cancer but have residual endocrine and reproductive ovarian failure. In the current report, a novel approach for reconstituting ovarian function in selected patients is presented.
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Child abuse can be difficult to recognize, especially in the often chaotic environment of the emergency department. As the leaders of the community and medical safety net that is the ED, emergency physicians play a unique role in detecting, treating, and preventing child abuse. This issue of Emergency Medicine Specialty Reports provides an update on the patterns, diagnosis, and treatment of physical child abuse injuries.
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The diagnosis and management of patients with manifestations of drug-induced cardiotoxicity is challenging for even the most experienced emergency physician. The following report reviews the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of cardiotoxins to provide the front-line practitioners with evidence-based protocols for managing patients with life-threatening toxicity.
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Health officials in Wisconsin have confirmed 4 cases of monkeypox in the Milwaukee area in what is believed to be the first outbreak of the disease in the Western Hemisphere.
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The growing awareness and interest in schistosomiasis among travelers to endemic areas was a topic of discussion at the recent eighth Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. In addition, there are several new relevant publications in this area.