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ACS: Contralateral Mastectomy Rates Up in Breast CA Patients
Reasons include thinking it is the best treatment for breast cancer and fear of recurrence
ACG: Vegetarian Diets May Not Be Significantly Heart Healthier
Study finds no significant difference in 10-year cardiovascular risk
ACS: Re-Op Risk Down for Open, Laparoscopic Mesh Hernia Repair
But progressively increasing number of mesh-related complications during follow-up
ER Visits, Wait Times Up for U.S. Psychiatric Patients
One in five emergency doctors report waiting at least two days for a bed for a psychiatric patient
CHEST: Odds of Certain Post-Op Issues Up With Sleep Apnea
Tied to higher risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism
Pembrolizumab Ups Survival in NSCLC With PD-L1 Expression
Findings in patients with advanced NSCLC with PD-L1 expression on at least 50 percent of tumor cells
Renal-Cell Cancer Disease-Free Survival Up With Sunitinib
Findings in patients with locoregional, high-risk clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma
Nivolumab Ups Overall Survival in Head, Neck Cancer
Longer overall survival compared with single-agent therapy for platinum-refractory squamous-cell cancer
Ribociclib + Letrozole Beneficial in Advanced Breast Cancer
Longer duration of progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2− breast cancer
High-Flow Oxygen Not Inferior for Averting Reintubation
Not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation for high-risk patients who have undergone extubation
