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| JUN/JUL 2015 |
FEATURE
HEALTH QUEST'S CLIFF P. CONNERY, MD, FACS, BRINGS
ADVANCES IN THORACIC ONCOLOGY TO THE HUDSON VALLEY 6
Health Quest's Vassar Brothers Medical Center has demonstrated its commitment to meeting
this community healthcare need with the establishment of its Division of Thoracic Oncology.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
WOMEN'S HEALTH
BREAST CANCER DRUG THERAPY FINDINGS ALTER STANDARD
OF CARE 16
A three-drug combination that extends survivorship by nearly 16 months among
patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer is considered some of the most
encouraging news in the history of treating the disease.
STUDY FURTHER COMPLICATES C-SECTION DEBATE 18
Findings that women who are denied a requested Caesarean section may be more apt
to develop post-traumatic stress symptoms add a new dimension to the question of
when a C-section is medically indicated.
WOMEN'S HEALTH UPDATE 19
A collection of data about women's health
DEPARTMENTS
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
CME CREDITS 20
LOCAL NEWS 21
ON THE COVER
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