Tighter regulation promised after breast implant scandal
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – The new head of the European Medicines Agency, Guido Rasi, has promised to strengthen European rules governing medical devices in the wake… read more.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – The new head of the European Medicines Agency, Guido Rasi, has promised to strengthen European rules governing medical devices in the wake… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – The incidence of small cell lung cancer accounts for nearly 15% of all diagnosed lung cancers. The majority present with locally advanced disease… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – In 1838 E. S. Hare published work about tumours involving certain nerves.1 However, Henry Pancoast, a radiologist from Philadelphia described the classical clinical… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is of insidious onset and almost uniformly a fatal disease. Around 90% of the patients can be linked to… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Advanced non-small cell carcinoma of the lung represents one of the major unmet needs for an effective and prolonged survival outcome. The majority… read more.
Foreward by Dr Sanjay Popat (pictured). The 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the IASLC has now closed. Held in Amsterdam at the beginning of July 2011, the annual… read more.
Gender differences between donor and recipient might have an impact on outcome after heart transplantation (HTx). The literature review revealed controversial results. Ingo Kaczmarek and colleagues from Munich, Germany… read more.
Researchers from Luton, Bedfordshire presented data on the views of organ donation from different congregations across the UK.
Altruistic donation has contributed to the increase in living donor transplantation worldwide. However, the donor’s wishes are sometimes antagonistic to the medical team’s views.
Cristina Baleriola, from NSW, Australia presented data on the important factor of screening donors for infection. The expansion of the donor pool leads to utilisation of donors with risk… read more.
The model for end stage liver disease (MELD score) is used in many countries to allocate liver grafts to the sickest patients on the waiting list. Several authors… read more.
Nephrotoxicity as the Primary Driver of Failure – Fact or Fiction? – Dr Philip Halloran, Alberta Applied Genomics Center, Alberta, Canada. The calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), ciclosporin and tacrolimus,… read more.
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