Hospital Business Week

Erasme University Hospital, Brussels - Diclofenac in 2.5% hyaluronan gel is effective for actinic keratoses

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Full metal jacket drug-eluting stents was effective for diffuse lesions

Flinders Medical Center, Bedford Park - Weight loss 3 months after LAGB may be due to continued loss of visceral adipose tissue

Glostrup University Hospital - Nt-proBNP is inversely related to metabolic CV risk factors and the metabolic syndrome

Hopital Paris - Adolescent survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia suffer psychological and physical pain

Hospital General Gregorio Maranon, Madrid - MIRU-VNTR detects coinfecting MTB strains and confirms compartmentalized infections

Hospital University of 12 Octubre, Madrid - Helical CT and FDG-PET used to identify lymph node mediastinal metastases

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto - PBT-3 caused long-term growth inhibition of K562 solid tumors in vivo

Hyogo Medical Center for Adults - Routine transition zone biopsy did not improve prostate cancer detection rate

Inhibitex, Inc. - Data from phase 2 safety trial of monoclonal antibody for staph infections presented

Isala Klinieken, Zwolle - Infarct location is suggested as determinant of timing of VF

Israeli Air Force Aeromedical Center, Tel Hashomer - Treatment options for smoking cessation therapy in aviators discussed

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford - Continued use of esophagectomy as treatment for high-grade dysplasia supported

Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Presence of apoptotic bodies could be used in diagnosis of prostate cancer

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm - Survival after surgery for esophageal cancer improved since 1987

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh - Recommended guidelines for molecular hematology outlined

King Saud University, Riyadh - BSI is leading cause of morbidity/mortality in pediatric patients

Korea University - Research affirms connection between surgical expertise and outcome

Linkoping University Hospital - Angiogenic induction may be a key feature of hormone-dependent breast cancer

Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma company initiates phase IIa trial for a topical psoriasis treatment

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Exercise-induced melatonin did not have preventive effect against breast cancer

Ohio State University - Antibody-based drugs may be more effective when combined with IL-2 or IL-12

Oncologia Medica Casa di Cura Poliambulanza, Brescia - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy used to treat liver metastases from colorectal cancer