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- What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
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- Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
- Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
JOURNAL UPDATE

More Than 18 Million Cancer Survivors Living in U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2022
3:23 PM CDT.Considerable racial disparities seen in treatment, with surgery receipt lower for Black versus…
- Both Bariatric Surgery Methods Yield Similar 10-Year Results
- Post-Tonsillectomy Deaths Up in Children With Complex Chronic Conditions
- Robotic Surgery Offers Benefits for Total Hip Arthroplasty
MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
September 2020 Briefing - Surgery
October 01, 2020. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Bevacizumab for breast cancer: FDA grants a stay of execution
Dr. Alberto De la Guerra.
The Food and Drug Administration has after repeated delays proposed removing metastatic breast cancer as an indication from the Avastin label. The proposal is being contested by Roche/Genentech, the drug’s maker. In this article we review the evidence for and against this decision.
Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in…
The Wrongly Famous in Medical History
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals…
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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development
By namabcAs I understand, this is a great step of development that we can use to save many people from horrible diseases. and i also hope Dr.Lain and your partners…