Massachusetts General Hospital

Advances at Mass General is a bi-annual physician-to-physician publication which communicates specific advances made in the treatment and/or diagnosis of disease within the hospital's multidisciplinary care centers.

In the Winter 2011 issue:

• Watchman Device May Offer an Alternative to Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
• New Trial Explores Two Sides of Deep Vein Thrombosis Treatment
• Genetic Profiling Uncovers New Therapeutic Approaches to Ovarian Cancer
• Surgeons Pioneer Sphincter-Sparing Treatment for Rectal Cancer—Helping Reduce Recurrence Rates