Adding para-aortic nodal dissection (PAND) to extended (D2) lymphadenectomy with gastrectomy offers no benefit to patients with gastric cancer, and increases the risk for surgical complications. Medscape Medical News
Those patients with hepatitis B virus infection who were previously treated with other drugs still respond well to tenofovir, commonly used to treat HIV infection. Medscape Medical News
Adding a 2-week course of triple antibiotic therapy to existing medications helps induce and maintain remission of ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a report from Japan. Reuters Health Information