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Extended aromatase inhibitor therapy appears to benefit postmenopausal patients with early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer
Adjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor more than 5 years after initial treatment is “safe and beneficial” for postmenopausal patients with hormone-receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer, a study found.
Special election held for ACP President-elect position
Jack Ende, MD, MACP, begins as President-elect immediately, and he will serve as the College's President beginning in April 2017.
MKSAP Quiz: fatigue, anorexia, polyuria, and nocturia
A 54-year-old woman is evaluated for fatigue, anorexia, polyuria, and nocturia of several weeks' duration. She had otherwise felt well until the onset of her current symptoms. Medical history is significant for autoimmune pancreatitis diagnosed 1 year ago, treated with a prednisone taper that was completed 8 months ago with resolution of her symptoms. Following a physical exam and lab studies, what is the most likely diagnosis?
Earnings gaps exist between black and white male physicians, male and female physicians
The authors wrote that efforts to eliminate race- and sex-based disparities in earnings potential will likely need to look beyond opening up opportunities for minorities and women in higher-paying specialties.
Increased stroke risk may be associated with oral estrogen, but not transdermal forms
Up to 3,000 strokes per year per million hormone therapy users could be avoided by encouraging them to change from oral to transdermal estrogens and from synthetic progestins to micronized progesterone, the study concluded.
New safety notice issued for alosetron hydrochloride (Lotronex)
Clinicians are advised to evaluate patients with signs of ischemic colitis (e.g., rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea, new or worsening abdominal pain), discontinue the drug immediately if signs of ischemic colitis occur, and counsel patients to discontinue the drug immediately if they develop constipation or symptoms of ischemic colitis.
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