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13 Jun 2018 - Oncology guidelines update from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Updated NICE guideline on cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract
Four new recommendations on the use of FDG PET-CT to assess response after chemoradiotherapy.
23 May 2018 - UK Medical News Medication errors affect 1 in 3 older adults after hospital discharge
Post-discharge medication-related harm in older adults is estimated to cost the NHS £396 million annually.
17 May 2018 - UK Medical News Changes to neonatal hip screening pathway
An expert working group has proposed a number of changes to the NIPE hip screening pathway.

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18 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Neurology T2DM tied to increased risk for Parkinson's disease
Population-based cohort study of more than 8 million people.
18 Jun 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from Am J Clin Oncol RT skin reactions: β-sitosterol shows some benefit over trolamine in Lebanese study
Similar dermatitis incidence and severity, but lower rate of severe pruritis and skin pain.
18 Jun 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from PLoS ONE LA-ESCC: SCLN metastases not prognostic with curative CCRT
SCLNs should be considered to be regional lymph nodes, authors say.
14 Jun 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Add-on brachytherapy boosts survival in margin positive cervical cancer
Findings support NCCN recommendations.
14 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from J Neurol Headache in pregnancy is an indication for MRI imaging
25% of pregnant women with headache may have serious disease.
13 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from JAMA Neurol Amyloid PET sharpens dementia diagnoses
Prospective cohort study of unselected patients from a memory clinic.
12 Jun 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from Eur J Cancer mRCC: stereotactic radiotherapy gives good local control in a French study
SRT may delay systemic therapy introduction/change.
12 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Surgery Expanded Denver criteria linked to better detection of blunt cerebrovascular injuries
Retrospective cohort study of nearly 5 million patients with blunt trauma.
12 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Arch Dis Child Lung POCUS for pediatric pneumonia diagnosis
Novice sonographers achieved 91% sensitivity vs chest X-ray in this single-center study.
11 Jun 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from Ann Nucl Med HNSCC response revealed by PET measure in Japanese study
First study of PERCIST for HNSCC response and outcome.
11 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from JACC Heart Fail Myocarditis: much more common than thought?
Incidence multiplied 6-fold after a hospital started screening for it.
11 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Neurology RRMS: fingolimod, dimethyl fumarate on par in real-world settings
Real-world propensity-matched cohort study of 550 patients.
11 Jun 2018 - Oncology Clinical Digest from Medicine (Baltimore) Taiwan study: what is the best CCRT approach for esophageal SCC?
Study attempts to identify best CCRT approach for ESCC.
11 Jun 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Lancet Neurol PFO linked to cryptogenic TIA/stroke in older adults
Population-based cohort study of 523 patients who had bubble-TCD.

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