There are increasing calls to discipline or de-credential doctors who are spreading anti-vaccine, anti-mask, and other pandemic misinformation. While statistics show that 96% of US physicians are vaccinated, a handful repeatedly...
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Although only in its beginning stages, the global healthcare gamification market is anticipated to...
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Race alone does not explain disparities in cancer screening among women, according to a study...
Read MoreNew 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....
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...
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According to an analysis in a June 2021 global report from Renub Research—“Telemedicine Market,...
Read MoreA 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...
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“As with prostate cancer, there are patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancers (PTC) who,...
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 MoreWhen we make the mistake of talking about fixing our broken system, we tend to speak of driving costs down or of achieving greater efficiencies by stressing preventive care. There’s nothing wrong with efficiencies and...
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 MoreFor patients receiving chemotherapy, use of an Advanced Symptom Management System (ASyMS) for real-time remote symptom mon- itoring reduces symptom burden, according to a study published in The BMJ. Investigators conducted a...
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