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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Full March 1, 2003 Issue in PDF
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Omission of Chemoradiation is Associated with Poor Survival in Medicare Patients with Resected Pancreas Cancer
Outcomes following resection of pancreas cancer have improved recently, more than can be accounted for by a drop in procedure-related mortality. This study from the Harvard School of Public Health performed a retrospective analysis of claims-based Medicare data and correlated it with SEER data to identify prognostic factors that may be contributing to this phenomenon. -
Cancer Treatment in the Oldest-Old: Evidence for an Age Bias Against the Use of Tamoxifen
Doctors tend to prescribe less tamoxifen to the oldest-old and also to those with significant comorbidities (in both age groups) or those unmarried and without living children. With increasing life expectancy currently being observed in these age groups, this study raises the possibility that oncologists may be missing the opportunity to help the oldest breast cancer patients achieve therapeutic benefit from tamoxifen. -
Full February 2003 Issue in PDF
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Hepatitis E: So What’s New?
Recent cases of hepatitis E in Europe demonstrate that this illness is not limited to developing countries with limited hygiene. An outbreak in Pakistan shows that secondary person-to-person spread is unusual despite primary attack rates of approximately 15% in young adults. -
Full February 2003 Issue in PDF
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Managing a Winter Season Risk: Bronchiolitis in Children
Bronchiolitis is an acute lower respiratory tract infection caused by a virus, resulting in small airway obstruction. Although some classic symptomswheezing, hypoxia, and hyperinflationtypically are associated with bronchiolitis, many young infants may not have wheezing as part of their initial presentation. -
Full February 24, 2003, Issue in PDF
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Full March 2003 Issue in PDF