Dr. Karl J. D’Silva reviews current practices and future changes to perioperative and adjuvant therapy in gastric cancer. Medscape Oncology
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De-escalated Radiation Cuts Late Toxicity in Throat Cancer
A phase 3 trial shows that de-escalated postoperative radiotherapy reduces long-term toxicity and improves quality of life in HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer. Medscape Medical News
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Endocarditis Surgery Survivors Show Increased Mortality
Patients surviving valvular surgery for infective endocarditis have higher 5- and 10-year mortality rates than their peers from the general population, a study finds. Medscape News UK
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Radiotherapy Controls Active Vestibular Schwannomas
First-line radiotherapy achieves sustained tumor control in growing vestibular schwannomas at 10 years, a large international cohort study shows. Medscape Medical News
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Quantified Medicine: Because Data Is Useless Without Wisdom
Doctors don’t want data, says NextMed Health’s Daniel Kraft, they want actionable insights. If AI can’t produce that, what’s the point? Medscape Family Medicine
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Risk-Based Messages Did Not Raise Overall Screening Rates
Personalized risk messages did not raise colorectal cancer screenings, a new study finds. Medscape Medical News
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Arterial Stiffness High in Young Patients With SLE
Young patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have increased arterial stiffness compared with matched healthy individuals, a study shows. Medscape News UK
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Why General Anesthesia Isn’t Always Necessary
Regional anesthesia offers faster recovery, fewer side effects, and reduced delirium, yet general anesthesia remains the default for many surgeries. Medscape
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NSCLC Survival Benefit Seen With EGFR-TKI + Chemo
Median PFS benefit was just over 3 months in patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC who had tumor suppressor gene co-mutations. Medscape Medical News
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What Happens When Billing Codes Don’t Match the Diagnosis?
Dr Alok Patel highlights new research showing that ICD-10 codes often fail to match patients’ true diagnoses, raising questions about accuracy, billing, and whether AI could help close the gap. Medscape Hospital Medicine