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In This Issue: Baxter Bioscience has developed a whole-virus, two dose vaccine against avian flu; warning label now on antipsychotics regarding an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis; vitamin D for men with heart disease on horizon? A new oral anticoagulant may soon be available for prevention of thrombotic complications of hip or knee surgery; FDA Actions
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Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy has remained a standard for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma for decades. Recently, combination gemcitabine and docetaxel demonstrated significant clinical activity in a single-institution mixed population study of women with uterine leiomyosarcoma.
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This publication is a reanalysis of 45 epidemiological studies to determine the impact of ever-use of oral contraceptives on the long-term prevention of ovarian cancer.
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Alternatives to surgical management of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) are needed given the high recurrence risk and need for frequent excisional procedures.
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n This Issue: Shingles vaccine added to CDC list of vaccines for adults 60 and older; CDC recommends Tdap for postpartum women; new study suggests sequential therapy with antibiotics for H. pylori may be more effective than standard therapy; FDA Actions.
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Fibroids seem to strike fear in the hearts of both pregnant patients and their providers when they are foundoften for the first time during an ultrasound examination in early pregnancy.
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The national organization in the United States dedicated specifically to the care of women with gynecological malignancy is the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists.
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The SWAN is a multisite, multi ethnic, prospective, observational, longitudinal study of 3302 women who were enrolled between 1995-1997.
