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Ara-C Prolongs Time to Treatment Failure in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: A conditioning regimen of R-CHOP alternating with R-DHAP and high dose cytarabine followed by stem-cell transplant improved time to...
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BEACOPP Plus ABVD Called 'New Standard' for Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Combining two cycles of BEACOPP with two of ABVD significantly improves time to treatment failure (but not overall survival) in...
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Imatinib Plus Bone Marrow Transplant Boost Survival in Ph+ ALL
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: The 3-year overall survival of Philadelphia chromosome–positive ALL improved from 25%, before imatinib was introduced, to 43% after...
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Scoring System Predicts Recurrent VTE Risk in Cancer Patients
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Predictors for risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients are lung cancer, female gender, and a prior VTE....
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Study Shows Rivaroxaban Valid for VTE Prophylaxis
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Venous thromboembolism recurred in 2.1% of patients randomized to rivaroxaban and in 3.0% of patients randomized to enoxaparin...
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Study Shows Rivaroxaban Valid for VTE Prophylaxis
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: Venous thromboembolism recurred in 2.1% of patients randomized to rivaroxaban and in 3.0% of patients randomized to enoxaparin...
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Chondrocyte Implants Give Lasting Benefits
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Can Bundled Cancer-Care Payments Save a Bundle?
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Can Bundled Cancer-Care Payments Save a Bundle?
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Can Bundled Cancer-Care Payments Save a Bundle?
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Donor Management Boosted Heart Procurement
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
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Assay Identifies Trauma Patients Unresponsive to Platelet Inhibition
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: More than two-thirds of trauma patients reporting use of clopidogrel were found to have subtherapeutic platelet inhibition.Data...
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Assay Identifies Trauma Patients Unresponsive to Platelet Inhibition
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: More than two-thirds of trauma patients reporting use of clopidogrel were found to have subtherapeutic platelet inhibition.Data...
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Multidetector CT Angiography Highly Sensitive, Specific for Vascular Extremity Injury
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: All but 1 of 24 vascular injuries detected on CT angiography were confirmed intraoperatively, indicating that CT angiography is a...
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Rapid Thromboelastography Test Provides Coagulopathy Results in 5 Minutes
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- Neil Osterweil
Major Finding: The median time to the earliest coagulopathy results with rapid thromboelastography (rapidTEG) was 5.2 minutes, vs. 23 minutes for...