I am proud to announce three terrific developments last week involving outstanding and accomplished Internal Medicine faculty members and the University of Iowa Faculty Senate. Last Tuesday, the Faculty Senate elected Dr. Peter Snyder, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, as its next Vice President. Dr. Snyder will then serve as President the following year, and Past […]
Initial Surgery and Survival in Stage IV Breast Cancer in the United States, 1988-2011
Treatment options for patients with Stage 4 breast cancer have, in recent years, been largely centered around a combination of radiation and chemotherapy, while surgery has increasingly been seen as a less effective and more intrusive intervention. That effectiveness is getting a new examination because of a recent discovery by, in part, three researchers at […]