Cigarette smoking, which is linked to a variety of other cancers, might also affect response to treatment, but a new study shows smokers do not present with a more advanced stage or more aggressive breast cancer. Medscape Medical News
Review treatment options for patients with renal cell carcinoma, including combination and sequential drug therapies that may help improve patient outcome.
Anastrozole offers long-term efficacy over tamoxifen, and the benefits of treatment are maintained long after therapy is completed, trial shows. Medscape Medical News
Intravenous iron dextran is widely used in hemodialysis patients receiving erythropoietin therapy, but how much of it is removed during hemodialysis? Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine
In an interim analysis of the first prospective randomized multicenter study to examine this issue, rates of pneumonia infection and subsequent mortality were decreased when antibiotic treatment was provided to these patients. Medscape Medical News
This review highlights the importance of in-hospital hyperglycemia management for patients with critical illnesses and diabetes, and appropriate discharge planning for continued outpatient care. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
