Q & A WITH DR. MEDLAW
One of my group’s employed surgeons was injured and has serious weakness in his dominant hand and wrist due to radicular trauma. Before he could return, we therefore required him to be evaluated by a neurologist and an...
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Suicide Risk Up After Cancer Diagnosis in Rural, Poor Counties
Among individuals with cancer, there is a significantly higher suicide risk for those in the lowest-income counties and in rural settings when compared with those residing in other areas, according to a study published in JAMA...
Black Women With Breast Cancer Face Barriers to Genetic Counseling
Oncologists report racial disparities in perceived barriers to genetic counseling and testing (GCT) for patients with breast cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Investigators surveyed 277...
Conference ASTRO 2021 HIGHLIGHTS
The new research was presented at ASTRO 2021, the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual...
Adding These Three Specialists to Your Oncology Practice Can Boost Your Revenue Potential
Downstream revenue (DSR) and value-based care are both excellent ways to boost revenue potential. For oncology practices, these boosts can be realized by adding three specialists: a cancer genetic counselor, a nurse navigator,...
Artificial Intelligence Boosts Colonoscopy Cancer Detection
Computer-assisted colonoscopies reduce rates of missed lesions, according to a study published in...
Race Alone Does Not Explain Disparities in Cancer Screening
Race alone does not explain disparities in cancer screening among women, according to a study...
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ESMO2021 HIGHLIGHTS
New research was virtually presented at ESMO 2021, the European Society for Medical Oncology Virtual Congress 2021, from September 16-21. The features below highlight some of the studies that emerged from the conference....
Our Healthcare System May Be Failing, But It Isn’t Broken
I ’ve stood in front of conferences before and made my case: Our healthcare system is per- fect. “A perfect system? Ours?” I’ll hear people murmuring, “He’s a little bit crazy.” For decades, critics of the US healthcare system...
PW PODCAST: CheckMate-9ER
During a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with David Cella, PhD, Professor at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of North- western University and presenter of results from the CheckMate-9ER Trial—which assessed...
Telemedicine Boom Poised to Continue Globally
According to an analysis in a June 2021 global report from Renub Research—“Telemedicine Market,...
ASTRO Issues Guideline on RT for Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Adults
A new clinical practice guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), published in Practical Radiation Oncology, provides evidence-based recommendations regarding radiation therapy (RT) for adults with soft...
