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In this issue: New treatment for prostate cancer; avastin and breast cancer; new CMS disclosure rule; and FDA actions.
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A number of previous reviews in OB/GYN Clinical Alert, including a Special Feature, have been devoted to preterm birth (PTB), a problem that has been on the rise in the United States despite significant efforts to curb it.
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In this retrospective study of young women performed in New Zealand between 2005 and 2009, 57% of 452 patients with biopsy-proven cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 were treated immediately whereas 157 (35%) met the criteria for conservative management.
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Women who carry a deleterious germline mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a substantially higher lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer.
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In a retrospective chart review at a single university urogynecology practice between 2000 and 2009, the authors identified 197 patients who underwent posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) after failing medical therapy for overactive bladder (OAB) with anticholinergic medication.
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The Cancer Genome Atlas research network (TCGA) is an open-sourced multi-institutional collaborative charged by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute effort to explore the molecular aberrations of cancer to better understand the disease and identify new treatment approaches.
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In the initial phase of data collection, the authors identified two vaginal cuff dehiscences out of 665 total laparoscopic hysterectomies with transvaginal cuff closure (0.3%).
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Hot flashes occur as a common consequence of breast cancer therapy and are quite debilitating for some.
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The investigators performed a pooled analysis of individual data from two large studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) research program on human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.
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Dealing with cytomegalovirus (CMV) can be vexing for everybody involved, but a recent paper may help with the management and counseling of patients infected with this virus at different times before and during pregnancy. Feldman et al studied 580 pregnant patients who were diagnosed with seriologic evidence of CMV infection.
