Breast cancer patients who had regular sessions with a clinical psychologist had better health a year later than those who did not, and relaxation and exercise appeared to be the most important parts of the program. Medscape Medical News
Dr. Robert Carlson announces an exciting new collaboration between the NCCN and Medscape Oncology to develop CME programming that will be relevant to all oncologists, regardless of expertise. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Commentary on a study on how posttraumatic stress disorder and depression affect functional outcomes after traumatic injury, published September 2008 in the Annals of Surgery. Medscape General Surgery
A committee opinion released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does not support supracervical hysterectomy as being superior to total hysterectomy in treating benign disease. Reuters Health Information
A cloned lysin derived from bacteriophage phi-MR11 specifically eliminates Staphylococcus aureus, including multidrug-resistant strains, according to a report in the October 15th issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Combination oral uracil-tegafur and leucovorin appears to have an efficacy and tolerability in colorectal cancer patients over the age of 75 years similar to that in younger patients. Medscape Medical News
