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ASH Crizotinib Induces Dramatic Response in ALK-Positive Lymphoma
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Unique Profile of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A Triple Negative Breast Tumor With Paradoxical Features, a Case Report and Review of Literature
Laboratory Medicine, December 12, 2010
CYP2C19*2 Polymorphism Is Associated With Increased Survival in Breast Cancer Patients Using Tamoxifen
Pharmacogenomics, December 10, 2010

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How Accurate Is Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection Rate Surveillance? William R. Jarvis, MD, has some major concerns about the data used for comparisons of bloodstream infection rates between hospitals.
Jarvis on Infectious Disease, December 2010
Highlights from IDSA 2010 -- Pneumonia, Influenza, and Outbreaks Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, describes some of the most interesting sessions he attended at IDSA 2010.
Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases, December 2010
Carbapenemase Resistance in the United States: What Should Clinicians Do? Two experts from CDC discuss the steps that every clinician and hospital should take to prevent the spread of these highly resistant pathogens.
December 2010
Microalbuminuria -- Do We Need to Screen Everyone? George Bakris, MD, talks to Matthew R. Weir, MD, about the role of microalbuminuria in both kidney and heart disease and what it signifies in clinical practice.
December 2010
The Increasing Threat of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections Multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections are not going away. Clinicians need to stay up-to-date on emerging organisms and the best treatments.
November 2010
Potential Markers for Chronic Allograft Dysfunction Dr. Ron Shapiro reports on whether the expression of intratubular vimentin and CD44 in 6-month protocol biopsies is a marker for development of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy.
Shapiro on Transplantation, November 2010
Reducing Intraventricular Catheter-Related Ventriculitis in the ICU Learn how a bundle of very simple practices dramatically reduced catheter-related infections in the ICU. William R. Jarvis, MD, highlights an important new study.
Jarvis on Infectious Disease, November 2010
Under the Hood: Can We Get More Horsepower Out of Our Existing Antibiotics? Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter describes some interesting sessions at IDSA and discusses ways that we might use existing antibiotics more wisely as an approach to better management of resistant infections.
Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases, November 2010
Rework but Do Not Repeal Healthcare Reform Flawed as the Affordable Care Act may be, it provides important healthcare benefits to patients, which Dr. Kathy Miller worries may be lost if the law is repealed.
Miller on Oncology, November 2010
HCR Post Election: The Real Dialog Begins Will Republican gains in Congress mean the repeal of healthcare reform? Or will they, as Dr. John Marshall suspects, set the stage for the first real discussion about healthcare?
Marshall on Oncology, November 2010
How Will a Divided Congress Impact Healthcare Reform? Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses what effects a GOP majority in the House of Representatives could have on healthcare reform.
Lieberman on Psychiatry, November 2010
Lessons From the Wright Brothers -- and Cancer Cells Dr. Kathy Miller sees a parallel between the approach used by the Wright brothers to achieve flight and the ability of cancer cells to proliferate -- both provide a lesson for scientific discovery.
Miller on Oncology, November 2010

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Could the Genetic Cause of an Uncommon Lipidemia Serve as a New Anti-Cholesterol Target?
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