NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 357, No. 2.
This summary covers the issue of July 12, 2007. Featured are articles on clinical outcomes of breast cancer in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin for 16 or 24 weeks in hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3, neural-tube defects and folic acid fortification in Canada, use of health services by previously uninsured Medicare beneficiaries, and primary care and pay for performance in England; a review article on the management of an inherited predisposition to breast cancer; a case report of a woman with headaches, weakness, and strokelike episodes; and Perspective articles on Virginia Tech and the restructuring of college mental health services and on the public reporting of death rates associated with cardiac surgery.
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