Thu, February 28 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – A Randomized Trial of Lymphadenectomy in Patients with Advanced Ovarian Neoplasms – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video Summary: Lymphadenectomy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer (free)

Commentaries: No survival benefit from systematic lymphadenectomy in ovarian cancer – MDedge Hematology & Oncology (free) AND ‘Meticulous’ Trial Overturns an Ovarian Cancer Practice – Medscape (free registration required)

2 – Paracetamol versus placebo for knee and hip osteoarthritis – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Paracetamol for treating people with hip or knee osteoarthritis – Cochrane Library (free)

Related: Paracetamol: widely used and largely ineffective (free)

3 – Policy Statement: 2019 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care – American Academy of Pediatrics (free)

See Periodicity Schedule: Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics (free PDF)

4 – Association of Surgical Intervention for Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction With the Risk of Recurrence – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Surgery for adhesive small-bowel obstruction associated with lower recurrence risk – ACP Gastroenterology (free) AND Quick Take: Association of Surgical Intervention for Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction With the Risk of Recurrence – 2 Minute Medicine (free)

5 – Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Patients After Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab – JACC: Heart Failure (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (via @md_arianemacedo)

Commentary: Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure After Chemotherapy With Trastuzumab – American College of Cardiology (free)

“Trastuzumab treatment is associated with a 2-fold increased risk of late HF compared with chemotherapy treatment alone.”

6 – Long work hours, weekend working and depressive symptoms in men and women: findings from a UK population-based study – Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (free)

Commentaries: Working long hours linked to depression in women – University College London (free) AND Long Works Hours May Hike Depression Risk in Women – PsychCentral (free) AND Are women who work long hours more likely to be depressed? – NHS (free)

7 – Clinics Aim to Improve Post-ICU Recovery – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related: Post-intensive care outpatient clinic: is it feasible and effective? A literature review – Revista Brasileira de Medicina Intensiva (free) AND Impact of follow-up consultations for ICU survivors on post-ICU syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (free) AND Post-intensive Care Syndrome: an Overview – Journal of Translational Internal Medicine (free)

8 – Perspective: Telemedicine: The Latest Futuristic Tech Prediction From The Jetsons To Come True – Forbes (free)

Related: Why Your Next Doctor Visit Could Be Over The Phone – Forbes (free)

9 – Estimating the total incidence of global childhood cancer: a simulation-based analysis – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide undiagnosed – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Nearly half of all children with cancer go undiagnosed and untreated – The Guardian (free)

10 – Treatment of Patients With Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline – Journal of Global Oncology (free)

Related: Early Detection for Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline – Journal of Global Oncology (free)