ASCO 2013: Family Physicians’ Care of Cancer Patients
The Particulars: More cancer patients are receiving ambulatory active treatment for lengthier...
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The Particulars: More cancer patients are receiving ambulatory active treatment for lengthier...
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You may have missed this when it first appeared. Experts from Harvard and the University of Southern California say assumptions made by some analysts that defensive medicine is not an important facet of the high cost of...
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to increase risks for cognitive impairment and dementia,...
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The Particulars: In patients with lung cancer, studies suggest that comorbidities appear to...
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Findings from a large, prospective 20-year study indicate that a high level of cardiovascular...
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A large study reports that the vast majority of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) relapses are...
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A long-term study of men with stage I seminoma, a common form of testicular cancer, suggests that...
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The Particulars: Previous studies suggest that shared decision-making—an important part of...
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The Particulars: Research indicates that patients who receive cancer treatment can experience...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved two new drugs, Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and...
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A paper entitled “An increase in the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees is linked to lower rates of postsurgery mortality” appeared in Health Affairs in March and generated quite a lot of buzz on the...
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The Particulars: Anecdotal evidence suggests that seasonal patterns may affect how psychiatric...
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The Particulars: Previous studies have been inconclusive on whether racial differences exist in...
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The Particulars: Patients can be discharged from psychiatric EDs with either prescheduled...
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The Particulars: Data are lacking on how race and ethnicity influence substance abusers who seek...
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The Particulars: Previous research indicates that frequent users of the ED, or “frequent flyers,”...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Results of a small pilot trial suggest that trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS), a...
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SAN FRANCISCO — The anesthetic agent ketamine continues to show tantalizing promise in psychiatric...
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The Particulars: Previous research has indicated that early intervention appears to improve...
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