Holidays, birthdays, and postponement of cancer death
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Study was conducted to find the statistics regarding whether cancer patients are able to postpone their deaths to survive significant religious, social, or personal events. It was found that the proportion of persons dying of cancer in the week before Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the individual's birthday was not significantly different from the proportion dying in the week after the event.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Pegaptanib for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
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Pegaptanib, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, was evaluated in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. For this purpose, two concurrent, prospective, randomized, controlled trails were conducted using broad entry criteria. Results reported pegaptanib to be an effective therapy for neovascular age-related macular de-generation.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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A 64-year-old woman with a thyroid nodule
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A case of 64-year-old woman from Brazil with an incidentally discovered thyroid nodule is presented. The findings suggest that euthyroid patients with cytologically benign nodules should be followed up without TSH-suppressive thyroxine therapy, as there is no evidence from randomized controlled trails that such therapy decreases nodule size.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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