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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

Michel Coleman Michel Coleman (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) explains how cancer will become a new priority in the EU.

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

Jose Baselga JOSE BASELGA, Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona RAD001, a drug targeted at the mTor pathway, has been combined with letrozole in a randomised phase II trial in breast cancer. The in

Terry Gernsheimer TERRY GERNSHEIMER, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle An investigational drug AMG 531 has increased and sustained platelet counts in splenectomized patients with chroni

Laura Mauri Raymond Gibbons REFERENCE: Late Breaking Special Session, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida LAURA MAURI, Brigham and Woman’s Hospit

Jose Baselga Gordon McVie REFERENCE: ABSTRACT 2030, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007 JOSE BASELGA, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona CO

Pierre Guillou David Jayne REFERENCE: J Clin Oncol 25:3061-3068 PIERRE GUILLOU, St James’ Hospital, Leeds COMMENT: DAVID JAYNE, St James’ Hospital, Leeds Laparoscopic-assisted resection fo

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

Matt Page Matt Page, United Biosource, MEDTAP Institute, Bethesda Vaccinating all age groups against influenza is likely to be cost effective – that’s acccording to a study presented at IC