Hospitals Vary in Their Definition of Blood Culture Contamination
However, BCC rates similar by College of American Pathologists and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute criteria
Deescalated Radiotherapy Tolerated After Surgery for HPV-Linked Oropharyngeal Cancer
De-escalated regimen more tolerable than standard of care
Urine Biomarker Panel Sensitive, Specific for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Urine panel had AUC of 0.96 and 0.92 with development and validation datasets, respectively, compared with 0.83 and 0.76 for urinary PCA3 RNA
COVID-19 Falls From Top 10 U.S. Causes of Death for First Time Since 2020
FDA Approves Inlexzo for Bladder Cancer
First and only drug releasing system is indicated for patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer seeking bladder preservation
Timely Opioid Administration Cuts Hospitalizations for Pediatric Sickle Cell Crises
Findings seen for first administration within 60 minutes for children presenting to the emergency department with a sickle cell crisis
Emphysema on Low-Dose CT Screening Predictive of Mortality Up to 25 Years
Emphysema independently predictive of all-cause mortality, COPD mortality, and CVD mortality
Complication Risk Top Concern for African American Women Undergoing Breast Reconstruction
Additional operations and abdominal morbidity also top of the list of concerns in a survey of African American women undergoing mastectomy
WHO Updates List of Essential Medicines to Include GLP-1s
PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapies for several metastatic cancers also made the list of essential drugs
HHS Withdraws Report Linking Alcohol to Higher Cancer Risks
A competing report says moderate drinking may have some protective benefits
