
Lorie Hughes Rachel Ellsworth Rowan Chlebowski Victor Vogel Local Excision Alone for Selected Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ? REFERENCE: Abstract: 29 LORIE HUGHES, The Hope Center, Cartersvill

STEVEN GRINSPOON, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston COMMENT: JUDITH CURRIER, University of California, Los Angeles REFERENCE: 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Ang

PHILIPPE MAYAUD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356: 790-9 In patients who are infected with both HIV and herpes simplex type 2 the activity of the AIDS v

Rachel Johnson Terry Mamounas William Gradishar Withhold Trastuzumab in Low-Risk Patients with HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer? REFERENCE: Abstract: 2090 RACHEL JOHNSON, Christie Hospital, Manchester Som

WADE SMITH, University of California, San Francisco REFERENCE: Abstract No. LB5 Mechanical removal of the clot that’s causing an acute stroke is showing promising early signs, and is safe. The f

CHRISTOPHER GRAY, University of Newcastle REFERENCE: Abstract No. LB2 Treating high blood sugar in the acute phases of stroke doesn’t reduce risk of death or severe disability, the GIST –

REBECCA GOTTESMAN, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore REFERENCE: Abstract 456 Two simple bedside tests could be added to the NIHSS to make it more accurate, researchers claim. The team from Johns Hop

NICOLE PAGEAU, Trillium Health Centre, Ontario REFERENCE: Abstract 434 Stroke patients may be going through pointless tests, according to a poster presented by researchers at the Trillium Health Centr

FELIPE ALBUQUERQUE, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix REFERENCE: Abstract 102 The Wingspan stent is a new approach to keeping open the atherosclerotic intracranial vessels of stroke and TIA patie

PETER SCHELLINGER, University Clinic of Erlangen, Germany REFERENCE: Abstract 2 MRI scanning could make it possible to treat stroke patients safely and effectively with thrombolytics such as tPA beyon

HENRIK SILLESEN, University of Copenhagen REFERENCE: Abstract No. 17 Patients with carotid artery stenosis run much lower risks of further events if treated aggressively with a statin, according to a

SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356:237-47 Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study pub