The Financial Relationship Between the Medical Industry and Residency Leadership in OB/GYN and Urology.

Industry payments to physicians exceed millions of dollars. Payments can influence physicians' practices and potentially impact trainees. To examine the magnitude of industry payments to obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) and urology residency directors and department chairs in the United States.

Does adjuvant concurrent or sequential chemotherapy increase the radiation-related toxicity of vaginal brachytherapy for endometrial cancer patients?

Purpose: To compare radiation toxicity in endometrial cancer patients treated with adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) vs. VBT with concurrent chemotherapy (CCT) or sequential chemotherapy (SCT) METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 131 patients with endometrial cancer treated with VBT without external beam radiation therapy. Toxicities were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.

Preliminary Report of a Neurokinin-Like Receptor Gene Sequence for the Nemertean Paranemertes sp.

Tachykinins (TKs) are a family of neurotransmitters that function as signaling molecules for such processes as maintaining homeostasis, regulating stress response, and modulating pain. TKs require the expression of at least one of three receptor subtypes: Neurokinin Receptor-1 (NKR-1), Neurokinin Receptor-2 (NKR-2), or Neurokinin Receptor-3 (NKR-3). We have isolated and cloned a portion of a gene coding for a tachykinin-like receptor from the nemertean Paranemertes sp.