Speaker: Benjamin Brenner, MD, Associate Professor of Hematology, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Tech-nicon-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Enoxaparin (Lovenox®, Aventis), a well-known, low-molecular-weight heparin, has been shown to be safe and comparatively effective in preventing miscarriages in thrombophilic women with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss.

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Speaker: John M. Brooks, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Neutropenia is a common and costly complication of combination chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). It occurs most often during the first two cycles of treatment and has a significant effect on inpatient [...]

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Speaker: Jeffrey E. Lancet, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Admitting Physician, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York. Interim results from a phase 2 clinical trial indicate that tip-farnab (Zarnestra™, Johnson & Johnson), a novel farnesyl transferase inhibitor, has beneficial activity in previously untreated [...]

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Yttrium 90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Radioimmuno-therapy in Relapsed or Refractory Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Speaker: Thomas E. Witzig, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cancer Center Research/Immunology Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. According to an analysis of long-term responders, yttrium 90 (Y) ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin®, Biogen Idec) radio-immunotherapy produces durable long-term remissions, [...]

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