– March 1, 2007
March 1, 2007
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Cognitive Epidemiology: IQ And The Rate of Cancer
To address studies that indicate an inverse relationship between intelligence and mortality rates, Batty and colleagues capitalized on a large cohort of Swedish men who, upon entry into military service in Sweden were subjected to an assessment of intelligence quotient (IQ) by comprehensive examination of cognitive function. -
Aspirin Use And The Thrombocytic Cancer Patient with Acute Coronary Disease
Aspirin can be life saving in patients with acute coronary events, but its use in patients with cancer, particularly in those with thrombocytopenia, is often avoided, presumably for fear of hemorrhagic complications. -
Comorbidity Predicts Outcome for AML in Older Adults
AML most commonly occurs in older adults. Predictors of chemotherapy tolerance are sorely needed. The haematopoietic cell transplantation comorbidity index (HCT-CI) has been validated to predict outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic transplant. -
ALLO Transplants And Second Malignancies
The risk for solid tumor development in prior recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells at the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplantation Program of British Columbia was found to be 3.1% at ten years of follow up. -
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer: The QOL Trade-Off
Recent advances in ovarian cancer management include the demonstration of improved progression-free and overall survival with intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy in the adjuvant setting. -
Pharmacology Watch
Aggressive statin therapy is associated with slowed progression and even regression of atherosclerosis. A new study suggests that, when monitoring statin therapy, increases in HDL cholesterol may be as important as decreases in LDL cholesterol in preventing disease progression. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement