Selected March Publications from BIDMC Faculty

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MARCH 31, 2019

Building on our culture of collaboration and innovation, our researchers are helping to transform medicine and health care delivery. Below are selected research publications issued in the month of March. 

If you have any questions about the publications or would like to suggest a paper for inclusion, please email Media Relations


Communicating, and Justifying, Nonefficacy Benefits for New Drugs Approved on the Basis of Noninferiority Trials
JAMA Internal Medicine – Mar. 4, 2019
BIDMC Author: Christina C. Wee (Division of General Medicine and Primary Care)

Hysterectomy Practice Patterns in the Postmorcellation Era
Obstetrics & Gynecology – Mar. 12, 2019
BIDMC Authors: Elisa M. Jorgensen, Anna M. Modest, Hye-Chun Hur, Michele R. Hacker, Christopher S. Awtrey (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Tissue-Specificity in Cancer: The Rule, Not the Exception
Science – Mar. 15, 2019
BIDMC Author: Kevin M. Haigis (Cancer Research Institute and Department of Medicine)

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Valve in Low-Risk Patients
New England Journal of Medicine – Mar. 16, 2019
BIDMC Author: Jeffrey J. Popma (CardioVascular Institute)

Evaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
JAMA – Mar. 19, 2019
BIDMC Author: Jason A. Freed (Division of Hematology/Oncology)

Examination of the Hand and Wrist
New England Journal of Medicine – Mar. 21, 2019
BIDMC Author: C. Christopher Smith (Division of General Medicine)

Aspirin-Triggered Proresolving Mediators Stimulate Resolution in Cancer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – Mar. 26, 2019
BIDMC Authors: Molly M. Gilligan, Allison Gartung, Megan L. Sulciner, Dipak Panigrahy (Center for Vascular Biology Research, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, 
Department of Medicine)

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