I was on inpatient service and reviewed the patient’s chart to find out that her cancer had spread to her spine, which had incapacitated her to the point that she could not walk on her own and required assistance even for...
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Read MoreI ’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...
Read MoreDuring 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...
Read MoreFor a paper published in Disease of the Colon & Rectum, Gregory S. Cooper, MD, and colleagues aimed to describe the incidence of first-ever diverticulitis and prevalence of first-ever, post-diverticulitis colorectal cancer...
Read MoreIt’s your first real vacation in 2 years and the cabin loudspeaker comes on: “Is there a doctor on board?” Now what? Ethically, if you can help, you should help, but there is no duty to an ill or injured passenger to compel your...
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Read MoreFor adolescents and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer diagnosed at age 15-39, there has been improvement in 5-year relative survival for multiple cancer types, according to a study published in Cancer. Researchers examined...
Read MoreQ: I see many patients who were in car accidents. More than a few are involved in lawsuits over their injuries. I recently reluctantly told a patient with a large unpaid balance that I would have to stop seeing her and put her...
Read MoreAccording to prosecutors, in 2018, George Blatti set up a makeshift office in an old Radio Shack store and later prescribed pain medications from his car in parking lots without examinations to many who appeared to be...
Read MoreIf a patient is also a friend, you can give them a personal gift, but if you are considering general gifting, then you need to bear two laws in mind: the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Law, which...
Read MoreThere is a familial risk for hematologic malignan- cies, according to a study published in Cancers. Researchers investigated familial predisposition to hematologic malignancies using data from 316,397 individual twins...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with Patrick Forde, MBBCh, Director of the Thoracic Can- cer Clinical Research Program and Associate Professor of Oncology at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and...
Read MoreHigh-Intensity Interval Training for Advanced NSCLC Prior research indicates that patients with ad- vanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) experience fatigue and physical deconditioning, altering their quality of life (QOL)....
Read MoreFor women with breast cancer, those with multiple sclerosis (MS) have an increased risk for allcause mortality compared with those without MS, according to a study published in Neurology. Researchers identified female MS cases...
Read MorePatients with head and neck cancer have increased epigenetic age acceleration (EAA), which is associated with fatigue and inflammation, according to a study published in Cancer. Researchers assessed 133 patients with head and...
Read More“Stage is the most important prognostic factor in melanoma,” explains Saleh Rachidi, MD, PhD. “Melanoma in situ and early invasive melanoma can be treated with simple excision in the office, but prognosis becomes more guarded in...
Read MoreFor children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the type/dose of steroid seems not to be related to adverse psychological reactions (APRs) but may be associated with sleep problems, according to a review published in...
Read MoreChemotherapy for glioblastoma (GBM) may work better in the morning, according to a study published in Neuro-Oncology Advances. Researchers assessed whether timing of maintenance temozolomide (TMZ) administration affects GBM...
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New research was virtually presented at AACR 2021, the American Association for Cancer Research...
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