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November 1, 2013
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MDPharmacology Watch: Evidence-based updates in clinical pharmacology
Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in WomenChemotherapy-induced Amenorrhea in Patients with Breast Cancer
The frequency of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea was found to be greater than 90% in premenopausal breast cancer patients treated with standard adjuvant chemotherapy.Diabetes and the Risk for Biliary Tract Cancer
There has been much written recently about the association of diabetes and cancer.Treatment of AML Based on Age
In a retrospective review of 2276 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated on one of three consecutive Phase 3 studies using non-age based, standard intensive chemotherapy conducted by the Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group between 1995 and 2005, there was a significant decline in overall survival in patients aged ≥ 50 years when compared to those < 50 years.AML Survival: Changes over 3 Decades
In an epidemiological evaluation of acute myeloid leukemia survival over 3.5 decades, dramatic improvement was demonstrable for younger patients, but not so for the elderly.