Oncology

Androgen deprivation therapy linked to acute kidney injury

Publish date: July 16, 2013

Major finding: Men with prostate cancer who used androgen deprivation therapy had a significantly increased risk of acute kidney injury, with an...

Publish date: July 12, 2013

Major finding: Among 38 colonic endoscopy samples from patients with acute GVHD, 25 (66%) were positive on CD123 staining.

Publish date: July 2, 2013

Major finding: Between 1999 and 2010, the percentage increase in deaths from overdose of opioid pain relievers rose 415% among women, compared...

Publish date: June 10, 2013

Major finding: Use of CT scans nearly tripled in children aged 5-15 years and doubled in those aged 0-5 years during the first decade of the study...

Publish date: December 20, 2011

Major Finding: More than 40% of patients with sickle cell disease return for acute care following an ED treat-and-release visit.Data Source: A...