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Taxanes Confer Limited Benefit in Metastatic Breast Cancer
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A meta-analysis of studies of taxanes alone or in combination with anthracyclines as first-line therapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer shows that neither approach provides a survival advantage. Reuters Health Information
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Transobturator Tape "Not Inferior" to Vaginal Tape for Stress Incontinence
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In women with urinary stress incontinence, a transobturator tape procedure is as effective as the gold standard, tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) sling repair, and has a lower rate of bladder perforations, according to a report in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
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Polarization Microscopy Identifies Ovum With Good Embryonic Potential
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An oocyte with high birefringence of the inner zona layer, seen as a bright orange-red ring under polarization imaging microscopy, has a greater chance of developing after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and being carried to term than ova that exhibit weaker zona birefringence, a German team reports. Reuters Health Information
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Ratio of Angiogenesis-Related Factors Predicts Preeclampsia
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The ratio of two antiangiogenic factors to two proangiogenic factors is a reliable predictor of preeclampsia, according to a cohort study by Korean researchers published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
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