Satins have been shown to exert pleiotropic effects on cell proliferation, survival, and migration, which suggests they could have chemopreventive properties. The author proposes that statins might have therapeutic potential in thyroid proliferative disease. Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism
Normal precursor B cells and lymphoblasts of precursor B-ALL may be hard to distinguish. How is an immunofluorescence test for TdT that can differentiate hematogones from leukemic blasts applied? American Journal of Clinical Pathology
A 2-year-old African-American male presents with a 3-day history of redness and discharge from the right eye, and a 1-day history of swelling of the eye. What might be the diagnosis? Medscape Ophthalmology
Bilateral synchronous testicular tumors are rare but may require different management from what is routine for unilateral tumors. The current case report features a literature review that examines the best practice for the management of bilateral testicular tumors. Nature Clinical Practice Urology
Preoperative staging with PET/CT and cranial imaging was more precise in identifying patients with mediastinal and extrathoracic disease, preventing stage-inappropriate surgery in some patients. Medscape Medical News
In his latest videoblog, Dr. Maurie Markman describes recently published results of a meta-analysis suggesting that larger body size may prevent women from seeking important cancer screening tests. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Acupuncture provided significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and xerostomia after neck dissection in patients with head and neck cancer, and was more effective than conventional therapies. Medscape Medical News
Cetuximab combined with cisplatin/vinorelbine showed a small overall survival benefit in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer over chemotherapy alone. Medscape Medical News
Everolimus, an investigational mTor inhibitor, improved survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma whose disease had progressed after treatment with sunitinib and/or sorafenib. Medscape Medical News
