Trastuzumab Has Lasting Effects in Breast Cancer

Trastuzumab Has Lasting Effects in Breast Cancer

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SAN ANTONIO – Years after discontinuing treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin), the benefit as measured by overall survival continues to accrue to women with breast cancer who took the drug for a year as adjuvant therapy, researchers reported here …
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State House News — State hears about unmet needs of abuse victims, veterans

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“Our crisis in Massachusetts in terms of revenue and the budget will be even more challenging if Congress doesn't act to address what everybody is calling the fiscal cliff,” the combination of deep federal spending cuts and tax increases, Bigby said …
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Pre-diabetic patients respond to self-directed lifestyle interventions …

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The Diabetes Prevention Program clinical research study, the results of which were published in 2002, found this strategy led to a 58 percent decrease in the incidence of type-2 diabetes, a result that surpassed the benefit of drug treatment. The new …
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