Most Americans believe that screening tests for cancer save lives and that it is irresponsible not to undergo recommended periodic screening. The presence of a large market for cancer screening may make Americans vulnerable to unproven and unnecessary testing.
Beksinska and colleagues from South Africa measured FSH levels in long-term older users of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (117 women) and norethindrone enanthate (60 women), long-acting progestin-only methods of contraception.
Oral rofecoxib (Vioxx) may have a role in controlling postoperative pain patients undergoing knee surgery.
The management of advanced, hormone-resistant prostate cancer remains challenging.
Controversy exists regarding the best approach to early epidermoid cancers of the lip. Various approaches have been advocated, including surgery with or without postoperative radiotherapy, and low- dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy.
The arimidex, tamoxifen alone or in combination (ATAC) trial is a large-scale, international, industry-sponsored interventional, randomized study involving almost 10,000 early-stage postmenopausal breast cancer patients who were randomized to receive either anastrozole alone or in combination with tamoxifen, or tamoxifen alone.
