Category Nurses

TOPLINE:  In patients with rectal cancer, having persistent lymph node metastases after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is associated with worse overall survival outcomes and higher rates of recurrence and distant metastasis, a new analysis found. METHODOLOGY: Patients with locally advanced rectal cancer…

VIENNA — The optimal course of treatment when managing acute, high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a contentious topic among respiratory specialists. Systemic thrombolysis, specifically using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA), is the current gold standard treatment for high-risk PE. However,…