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Reduction of treatment-related toxicities have direct bearing on the decision when to initiate antiretroviral therapy. Clinicians may opt to delay antiretroviral therapy or avoid certain agents because of quality-of-life issues and the risk of treatment-related toxicity.
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Over the past several years, Japan has been the chief source of measles importation into the United States. A total of 63 cases of measles were imported to the United States from Japan during the past 22 years.
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This active, population-based, surveillance study was conducted by the CDC, in collaboration with state health departments and universities in 10 states participating in the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs)/Emerging Infections Program Network.
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It's unpleasant enough to receive a diagnosis of prostate cancer and to face a course of radiotherapy that can cause a number of side effects, ranging from incontinence to a loss of potency.
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It's great to be armed with scientific evidence, but it does no good if the patients who could benefit from this evidence are not referred to you for care.
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Powerful new evidence has emerged demonstrating the benefits of radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients following radical prostatectomy.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent an alert about X-rays used during CT examinations that might cause implanted and external electronic medical devices to malfunction.
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In the next few months, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles' (UCLA's) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center will begin human studies on a new probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) that they believe will provide clinicians and researchers with a powerful new window on the immune system, as well as enable them to gauge early patient response to therapies.
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Could whole milk work just as well as the more expensive, barium-based contrast agents for imaging of the gastrointestinal tract?