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FULL PELVIC RADIATION given routinely to women after endometrial cancer surgery may have limited benefit, particularly in light of the potentially serious complications of extended radiation treatment and the availability of less rigorous alternatives such as vaginal radiation, says James Roberts, a professor of gynecology and obstetrics who recently chaired a national study of women with mid-stage endometrial cancer. He presented the findings Feb. 11 at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, held in Orlando, Fla.


VIRAL CROSS-RESISTANCE will continue to curb the effectiveness of many new drugs for HIV, according to two studies reported by Stanford postdoctoral fellows Sarah Palmer and Jody Lawrence on Feb. 3 at the the 5th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. The scientists identified some promising new drugs for fighting highly resistant HIV strains, but their studies also showed that many experimental drugs don't work well against HIV strains resistant to currently available drugs.

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