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...Dana-Farber researcher and associate professor of medicine at HMS, who was not affiliated with the study, explained that the use of hormone therapy on women with ER-sensitive tumors may account for the discrepancy in chemotherapy’s relative effectiveness. “In tumors that depend on hormonal mechanisms to drive them, therapy that targets the hormones has a huge effect. As a result, there is not a lot of room for the added effect of chemo,” Garber said. Because hormone therapy drugs like tamoxifen reduce an ER-positive patient’s death...
...answer is already determined: Charles, then William. At this stage they appear to be a good bet. But, as the 1990s proved to the Windsors, human bloodlines can be as fickle as horses'. "Self-destruction is their biggest problem," says Prochaska; and that, in the end, will depend on choices the future Kings themselves will make. As for the institution of the monarchy, the Queen's track record reveals what she wants to leave behind: a Crown relentlessly pragmatic enough to stay popular...
...caustic wit and crisp British accent make Dr. Knock both sympathetic as the only voice of scientific logic in the small town of San Maurice and—once Dr. Knock successful converts the population of San Maurice to depend on his “treatments”—believable in his monstrosity as a megalomaniac authority figure who creates bedridden, paying patients out of healthy townspeople. Above all, she excels at that transition between disappointed young doctor and crazed dictator...
...having requests and ballots sent and returned by priority mail routed through Baton Rouge because the New Orleans postal office is still understaffed. Nagin himself doesn?t seem worried despite the confusion of the race. "People are really going to have to work to educate themselves, rather than depend on somebody else to feed them the information. Most of the so-called political experts are totally lost right now," he says with a laugh before turning back to his rush-hour audience. "How ya?ll doin?" says Nagin, handing out a brochure. "Ya?ll sure are getting your money...
...every time we speak we both feel it deeply. I know how he feels and he [knows] how I feel. I think it grew out of his first trip to Israel, when I hosted him in Jerusalem. He knows that I like him. I very much depend on the understanding and cooperation of President Bush. The reason I think [disengagement] can be done is because of the trust and understanding we have for each other. In my opinion President Bush will emerge in history as the person who had more courage to change the Middle East than any person before...