OBJECTIVE To assess asthma patients in Brazil in terms of the level of asthma control, compliance with maintenance treatment, and the use of rescue medication. METHODS We used data from a Latin American survey of a total of 400 asthma patients in four Brazilian state capitals, all of whom completed a questionnaire regarding asthma control and treatment. RESULTS In that sample, the prevalenc...

Four to six cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy are currently recommended for the first-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Several studies have assessed the benefit of maintenance therapy following platinum-based first-line therapy, to improve disease control, and thus, progression-free and overall survival with minimal toxicity and maintenance or improvement of qu...

Pemetrexed, a multitargeting antifolate cytotoxic drug, plays a leading role in front-line chemotherapy for patients with advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Following its approval as second-line monotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC, pemetrexed has established itself as the first-line regimen in combination with cisplatin, and its powerful anti...

Acne is a very common non-infectious skin condition that is frequently treated in dermatological practices. Because acne is often chronic and may persist for years, safe and effective long-term maintenance therapy is often required. Given the increasing frequency of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the gravity of the consequences of this trend, it behooves dermatologists to maximize use of non...

By VIcroR PERMAN, DALE K. SORENSEN, EDWARD A. USENIK, VI roR P. BOND AND EUGENE P. CRONKITE R EGENERATION of the bone marrow following single or repeated doses of radiation appears to be complete as evidenced by a return of blood counts to the normal range.”2 In the present studies, dogs given lethal doses of radiation and successfully treated with maintenance therapy one to tWo years previousl...

OBJECTIVE To assess the maintenance effect of adapalene gel, 0.1%, relative to gel vehicle in subjects successfully treated in a previous 12-week study of adapalene-doxycycline, 100 mg, combination therapy. DESIGN Multicenter, investigator-blind, randomized, controlled study. SETTING Thirty-four US centers. SUBJECTS A total of 253 subjects with severe acne vulgaris who showed at least mod...