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New One-Year Data From REMICADE(R) SONIC Trial Show Sustained Efficacy Compared With Azathioprine In Treatment Of Crohn's Disease
New long-term findings from the Phase 3b study of patients with moderately to severely active Crohn"s disease having inadequate response to conventional therapies, but naive to immunomodulators and biologic therapy, were presented at Digestive Disease Week today. Data from the SONIC study showed that a greater proportion of patients receiving REMICADE (infliximab) maintained steroid-free remission at one year, compared with patients receiving azathioprine alone.
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Interson Launches The SeeMore™ USB Ultrasound Imaging Probe
Interson announces the launch of the SeeMore USB Ultrasound Imaging probe. Inexpensive and portable, SeeMore probes plug directly into the USB port of a laptop, netbook, or desktop computer. General purpose and specialty probes are available for a wide range of clinical applications including: abdominal, OB/GYN, bladder scanning, emergency, vascular access, small parts, musculo-skeletal, nerve blocks, endocavity (prostate, transvaginal) and more, and range in frequency from 3.5 MHz to 24 MHz.
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Ultrasound Outperforms Symptom Analysis In Detecting Ovarian Cancer

Doctors at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center-Markey Cancer Center compared symptom analysis to ultrasound in predicting ovarian cancer. They selected 272 women participating in annual trans-vaginal screening (TVS) from 31,748 women enrolled in a free screening project at the university, comparing symptom results to ultrasound and surgical pathology findings. They found TVS performed better than symptoms analysis for detecting malignancies (73.3% versus 20% sensitivity). While symptoms analysis performed better for distinguishing benign tumors (91.3% versus 74.4% specificity), adding symptom analysis to TVS actually resulted in poorer identification of malignancy (sensitivity = 16.7%), even as it improved the ability to distinguish benign tumors (specificity = 97.9%). The authors say the data indicates that while symptoms do identify ovarian malignancies, they are not as accurate as TVS. They add that informative symptoms can be expected to be absent in 80 percent of ovarian malignancies. Article: "The Search for Meaning - Symptoms & TVS Screening." Edward J. Pavlik, Brook A. Saunders, Stacey Doran, Katherine W. McHugh, Frederick R. Ueland, Christopher P. DeSimone, Paul D. DePriest, Rachel A. Ware, Richard J. Kryscio, and John R. van Nagell, Jr. CANCER; Published Online: July 13, 2009 (DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24407); Print Issue Date: August 15, 2009 Editorial: "The search for meaning-symptoms and TVS screening for ovarian cancer - Silent no more." Ilana Cass, M.D. CANCER; Published Online: July 13, 2009 (DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24403); Print Issue Date: August 15, 2009 University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Markey Cancer Center


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