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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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Episiotomy Raises Laceration Risk in Next Delivery
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Women who undergo episiotomy during their first vaginal delivery have a significant increase in the risk of spontaneous obstetric lacerations in subsequent vaginal deliveries, researchers report in the June issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
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Heart Rate Variability Useful in Management of Fetal Growth Retardation
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Short-term fetal heart rate variation (STV) appears to be helpful in detecting fetal compromise and for timing delivery of severely growth-retarded fetuses, Spanish and UK researchers report in the August issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information
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