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Fiber and Nutritional Health

Joanne L Slavin, PhD, RD
    • Dietary fiber intake is a nutrient of concern, with intakes less than half of recommended amounts.
    • Oats, barley, and psyllium have approved health claims in the United States for their ability to lower blood lipids.
    • Recommended dietary fiber intakes are based on prospective studies and the relationship of fiber intakes to reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease.
    • Foods high in dietary fiber, grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes should be increased in the diet to improve fiber intakes.
    • Fiber supplements should be recommended on a case-by-case basis as there is wide variation in a patient’s response to additional fiber.

Solitary Fibrous Tumors

Shefali Chopra, MD, James S Hu, MD, Gino K In, MD, Lawrence R Menendez, MD, Dakshesh Patel, MD, Omar Ragab, MD, Stephen F Sener, MD, William W Tseng, MD
    • Identification of the NAB2-STAT6 fusion as a key genetic aberration in SFTs
    • Recognition of subsets of SFTs with more aggressive clinical behavior
    • Development of a simple risk assessment model

Solitary Fibrous Tumors

Shefali Chopra, MD, James S Hu, MD, Gino K In, MD, Lawrence R Menendez, MD, Dakshesh Patel, MD, Omar Ragab, MD, Stephen F Sener, MD, William W Tseng, MD
    • Identification of the NAB2-STAT6 fusion as a key genetic aberration in SFTs
    • Recognition of subsets of SFTs with more aggressive clinical behavior
    • Development of a simple risk assessment model

Infertility Treatment: Ovulation Induction and Insemination

Alan H. DeCherney, MD, Quinton Katler, MD, Jessica R Zolton, DO
    • PCOS Letrozole is considered as the first-line treatment for ovulation induction for patients with PCOS.
    • Luteal support: Luteal progesterone support is beneficial to patients undergoing gonadotropin stimulation and intrauterine insemination
    • Unexplained Infertility: Gonadotropin treatment is associated with a significantly elevated risk of multiple gestations gestations

Nutrition for the Healthy Adult

Marijane G. Staniec, MS, RD/LDN, CNSC
    • Latest recommendations for added sugar
    • New guidelines about dietary cholesterol—a license to consume as much as we want?
    • The latest about processed meat; is any amount safe?
    • Shift from single nutrients to whole foods and patterns of eating
    • Using anthropometrics in the primary care setting to determine adiposity

Management of Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Peter C Black , MD
    • Molecular characterization of NMIBC by RNA sequencing has revealed molecular subtypes similar to muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
    • Fluorescent cystoscopy in combination with white light cystoscopy at the time of transurethral bladder tumor resection reduces the risk of subsequent bladder tumor recurrence.
    • Maintenance intravesical BCG therapy can be discontinued after 12 months in patients with intermediate-risk NMIBC but should be continued for 36 months in patients with high-risk NMIBC.
    • The refinement of the definition of the “BCG refractory” and its replacement with the term “BCG unresponsive” by an FDA-AUA panel has contributed to active drug development and clinical trials in this disease state. 

Nutrition and Fetal Origins of Diseases in Adults

Amanda K Barks, Michael K Georgieff, MD, Anne Maliszewski-Hall, MD, Phu V Tran, PhD

    Energy Balance, Exercise, and Cancer Risk

    Elaine B Trujillo, MS, RD
      • Obesity is the leading modifiable cause of cancer in the United States.
      • Body Mass Index (BMI) as a measurer of body fatness has limitations in the cancer population.
      • Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, bioelectrical impedance analysis, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging may be used more frequently in cancer patients.
      • Cancer patients with elevated BMIs have improved survival compared with normal-weight patients.
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