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Theodor Boveri – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 19, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Boveri

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Boveri’s work with sea urchins showed that it was necessary to have all chromosomespresent in order for proper embryonic development to take place. This discovery was an important part of the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory. His other significant discovery was the centrosome (1888), which he described as the especial organ of cell division. Boveri also discovered the phenomenon of chromatin diminution during embryonic development of the nematode Parascaris.

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High-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 19, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dose_chemotherapy_and_bone_marrow_transplant

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High–dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant (HDC/BMT), also high-dose … for megadose therapy in 1983. Frei and Peters developed the Solid Tumor Autologous Marrow Program (STAMP) regimen.
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Zebra (medicine) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 18, 2016

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Zebra is the American medical slang for arriving at an exotic medical diagnosis when a more commonplace explanation is more likely.[1] It is shorthand for the aphorism coined in the late 1940s by Dr. Theodore Woodward, professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who instructed his medical interns: “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras”.[2] Since horses are common in Maryland while zebras are relatively rare, logically one could confidently guess that an animal making hoofbeats is probably a horse. By 1960, the aphorism was widely known in medical circles.[3]
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_(medicine)

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Phantom flights | The Economist

September 15, 2016

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To understand how this peculiar situation can come about, suppose you wanted to get from Atlanta to Cincinnati on February 6th. Delta is the only airline that flies direct between these cities, and this week the lowest one-way fare it was offering for that date was $251. However, Delta was also offering flights from Atlanta to Dallas with a stop in Cincinnati for just $197. Why? Because two other airlines also fly direct from Atlanta to Dallas, so price competition on that route is especially fierce. However, there is little to stop those wanting to go from Atlanta to Cincinnati from reserving an
Atlanta-Cincinnati-Dallas trip for $197 and simply ending their journey at the “hidden city” in the middle of their booking, saving $54.
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Phantom flights
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21639575-economics-air-ticketing-can-produce-some-peculiarities-phantom-flights @Skiplagged selling tickets A=>C w/ stop at B which are less than just A=>B; perverse incentives!

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Susan Sontag – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 11, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag

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Sontag died in New York City on 28 December 2004, aged 71, from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome which had evolved into acute myelogenous leukemia.
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Reduced breast cancer mortality after 20+ years of follow-up in the Swedish randomized controlled mammography tr ials in Malmö, Stockholm, and Göteb… – PubMed – NCBI

September 11, 2016

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306511

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The overview showed a 15% significant relative reduction in breast cancer mortality due to invitation to mammography screening. Heterogeneity in age, trial time, attendance rates, and length of screening intervals may have contributed to the variation in effect between the trials.
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benefit accruing to older women only

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Philip Strax – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 11, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Strax

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Philip Strax (January 1, 1909 – March 9, 1999) was a radiologist who pioneered the use ofmammography to screen for early breast cancer. With co-investigators statistician Sam Shapiro and surgeon Louis Venet he conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing outcomes of 60,000 women who received either mammogram and clinical breast exam (study group) or "usual practices in receiving medical care" (control group).
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Albert Salomon (surgeon) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 11, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Salomon_(surgeon)

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The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, known earlier as Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb).
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Pap test – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 11, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap_test

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The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, known earlier as Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb).
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Barry Marshall – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

September 11, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall

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Barry James Marshall, AC,[1] FRACP, FRS,[3] FAA (born 30 September 1951) is an Australian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia. Marshall and Robin Warrenshowed that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the cause of most peptic ulcers, reversing decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid. This discovery has allowed for a breakthrough in understanding a causative link between Helicobacter pylori infection and stomach cancer.
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