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MELD Allocation System Boosts Liver Transplants in HCC Patients
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Introduction in early 2002 of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD), a new liver donor organ allocation system allowing priority status to patients with limited-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has resulted in a six-fold increase in the proportion of liver transplant recipients with HCC, research shows. Reuters Health Information
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HIV Quasispecies Vary Along the Gut
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Research suggests that different HIV-1 quasispecies populate different parts of the gut and that HIV replication in the gut is compartmentalized. Reuters Health Information
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Bowel Prep With Sodium Phosphate or PEG Pose Low Risks of Renal Impairment
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The first population-based study evaluating the relative safety of two solutions used for bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy concludes that, absent pre-existing renal disease, sodium phosphate and polyethylene glycol (PEG) are associated with similar, and low, risks of renal impairment. Reuters Health Information
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Colorectal Cancer: KRAS Changes Everything
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In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall explains how recent findings about the KRAS gene have profound implications both for our approach to colorectal cancer as a disease, as well as for treatment.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology
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