| | Effective Health Care Clinician Guides
| | Making good decisions requires that physicians have reliable and practical data. Comparative effectiveness reviews and objective findings on different medical interventions and strategies, as provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in its Effective Health Care Program, can help physicians make the most informed choices among treatment options. | |  |
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| New BREAST-Q module helps manage patients' anticipations of reconstructive surgery
| | | A new module of the BREAST-Q questionnaire enables plastic and reconstructive surgeons to gauge patient expectations related to reconstructive breast surgery. Andrea Pusic, M.D., M.H.S., F.R.C.S.C., says that when she initially consults with new patients, "I spend 45 minutes to an hour with them. During that consultation, I can easily spend 30 or more minutes talking about different surgical options and how the surgery will be done technically. Then I spend 10 or 15 minutes talking about everything that can go wrong." |
| | FDA revokes breast cancer indication for bevacizumab
| | | FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, announced the agency's decision to revoke the breast cancer indication for bevacizumab (Avastin), noting that the benefits do not outweigh the potentially life-threatening side effects, such as heart attack or heart failure, high blood pressure, bleeding and hemorrhaging, and the development of perforations in different parts of the body, such as the nose, stomach, and intestines. |
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Effective Health Care Clinician Guides
| | | Making good decisions requires that physicians have reliable and practical data. Comparative effectiveness reviews and objective findings on different medical interventions and strategies, as provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in its Effective Health Care Program, can help physicians make the most informed choices among treatment options. |
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