Bladder Tumor Substaging May Improve Outcome Predictions
TORONTO—Substaging of bladder cancer tumors provides important prognostic information that could help guide patient management decisions, according to researchers.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
TNM Staging System for Renal Cell Carcinoma Is Imprecise
The number and density of positive nodes provide more accurate survival predictions.
Honesty and Apologizing Reduce Malpractice Lawsuits
Honesty really is the best policy, especially when it comes to taking responsibility and avoiding lawsuits. That is what the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) discovered after it launched an innovative program in 2002.
Adoption of Patient Safety Reforms Urged
Patient safety measures could save 85,000 lives and $35 billion a year, according to a report issued by the consumer interest group Public Citizen.
Medical Malpractice TV Ads Skyrocket
Television advertising by lawyers soliciting plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases has increased nearly 1400% since 2004, a recent study found.
Paricalcitol Cuts Protein Excretion
Paricalcitol treatment is associated with a significant reduction in protein excretion in patients with proteinuric renal disease, according to researchers.
Oral Suspension Manages Phosphorus in Hemodialysis Patients
Sevelamer carbonate powder is similar in efficacy to sevelamer hydrochloride tablets in CKD patients .
OAB Meds Not Equal When It Comes To Adverse Effects
Solifenacin-treated patients experienced less dry mouth than those taking oxybutynin immediate release.
New Biomarkers of Diabetic Nephropathy
Cell adhesion molecules may be potential targets for therapeutic intervention to delay CKD progression.
Preop Chemotherapy Could Aid Prostate Cancer Treatment
About half of men with high-risk localized tumors were disease-free five years after radical surgery.
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