Daily Archives: July 1, 2016
Improving cancer care: Counseling patients on quitting smoking
Given the damaging effects of continued smoking on cancer management and post-treatment survival, all oncology practitioners should provide brief counseling to patients who smoke, encouraging them to quit smoking and referring them to specialized care (i.e. tobacco
Serum osteopontin as a novel biomarker for muscle regeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscular disease, affecting boys in principle. It is caused by mutations in the gene coding for dystrophin, a membrane-related structural protein in skeletal and cardiac muscles. The lack of dystrophin
