NEJM Audio Summary: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 355, No. 24.

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DATE : Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:18:14 -0500
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This summary covers the issue of December 14, 2006. Featured are articles on the prevention of antigenically drifted influenza by inactivated and live attenuated vaccines, the effectiveness of school-based influenza vaccination, colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy, paclitaxel-carboplatin alone or with bevacizumab for non-small-cell lung cancer; review articles on adenomatous polyps of the colon and on acromegaly; a case report of a boy with headache and abdominal pain; and Perspective articles on HIV injustice in Libya and on the eradication of polio.