Context Sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) accurately identifies nodal metastasis of early
breast cancer, but it is not clear whether further nodal dissection affects survival. Objective …

Background Gastrointestinal stromal tumour is the most common sarcoma of the intestinal
tract. Imatinib mesylate is a small molecule that inhibits activation of the KIT and platelet-…

… Dr Ballman and Ms McCall received compensation for their statistics work for ACOSOG (Alliance).
Dr Ballman also reported receiving grant support from the National Cancer Institute …

Importance Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) significantly improves tumor control in the brain
after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), yet because of its association with cognitive decline, …

Objective To determine whether systemic inflammation confers any additional risk for
cardiovascular death among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), after adjusting for traditional …

Background— We tested the hypothesis that patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) would be at increased risk for recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardioversion. …

Objective To examine the risk of clinical coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with age‐ and sex‐matched non‐RA subjects, and to …

Background Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is the standard of care to improve intracranial
control following resection of brain metastasis. However, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to …

Combined deletion of chromosomes 1p and 19q is associated with improved prognosis and
responsiveness to therapy in patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma. The deletions …

In this report, we demonstrate that B7-H1, a B7 family molecule implicated in tumor immune
evasion, is constitutively expressed on 66% of freshly isolated squamous cell carcinomas of …