findings
Interviews and expert commentary tagged “findings” — the latest oncology research and clinical practice from the Audio Journal of Oncology.

Never Too Old For Hypertension Treatment!
Nigel Beckett Nick Boon Nigel Beckett, Imperial College, London COMMENT: Nick Boon, British Cardiovascular Society, London Even very old patients benefit greatly if you treat their hypertension. This

Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis
Warren Cantor Tony Gershlick REFERENCE: Abstract 2404-3 SCAI-ACCi2 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials II: Acute Myocardial Infarction Warren Cantor, University of Toronto COMMENT: Tony Gershlick, Leicester

Oral Capecitabine: As Good As Fluorouracil Second Line for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
David Cunningham REFERENCE: Abstract 3012, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007 DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Royal Marsden Hospital, London The oral agent capeticabine

Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer
Charles Hsu CHARLES HSU, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Big improvements in overall survival were achieved by combining radiation with adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with pancreas cancer in a

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths
Zulfiqar Bhutta Reference: The Lancet, Maternal and Child Undernutrition Special Series With one child in three killed by it, childhood and maternal undernutrition are discussed in a special series of

Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes
Colin Baigent REFERENCE: Lancet 371:117 January 11, 2008 COLIN BAIGENT, Oxford University Statins were found to cut cardiovascular event rates by a fifth among patients with both Type I and Type II di

Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results
Ake Hjalmarson Gordon Tomaselli REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 2, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida N Engl J Med 2007;357 AKE HJAL

TRITON-TIMI 38 Prasugrel Or Clopidogrel In Percutaneous Intevention?
Gordon Tomaselli Daniel Jones REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins Universit

Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT-Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub-Study Results
REFERENCE: Abstract: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida LESLEE SHAW, Emory University, Atlanta COMMENT: DANI

Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage
Megan Nguyen REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University in Pomona, Calif

Heart Attacks Drop After Smoking Ban in Ireland
Edmond Cronin REFERENCE: Abstract 3506, European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria EDMOND CRONIN, Cork University Hospital Study data that support banning smoking in

Looking for Atherosclerosis in the Legs Could Save Lives
Curt Diehm REFERENCE: European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria CURT DIEHM, University of Heidelberg Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can be diagnosed easily by a

Chronic Stable Angina: Should ESC Guidelines on Clopidogrel as Pre-Treatment to Planned Coronary Angiography be Changed?

KRAS Mutation: Powerful Molecular Predictor of Cetuximab Response in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Pierre Laurent-Puig Bill Hait REFERENCE: ABSTRACT: 5671, American Association for Cancer Research, April 14-18, 2007, Los Angeles PIERRE LAURENT-PUIG, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris COMMEN

Virus Plus Cytokine Fight Primary and Metastatic Cancer
Paul Fisher REFERENCE: Meet the Professor Session, AACR 2007, Los Angeles PAUL FISHER, Columbia University, New York Patients with cancer could soon be treated with adenoviruses capable of infecting b

Non-Anthracyline Regimen May Be O.K. for Patients with Early Breast Cancer taking Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
Dennis Slamon, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles It may be reasonable to replace the anthracycline component of adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin in HER-2 positive patients with early breast c

Human Growth Hormone: Responses in Severe Heart Failure
Catherine Demers Recombinent human growth hormone has achieved clinical responses when used for treating heart failure. Catherine Demers of McMaster University told the American Heart Association conf

Diabetic Patients: Some Benefits from Fibrates
Anthony Keech Among nearly 10 000 patients with maturity onset diabetes the use of fenofibrate to lower cholesterol produced a 24 per cent statistically significant reduction of cardiovascular events,
