Is There A Better Place To Decide What’s Right For Patients?
Who should decide when evidence for a drug sufficient to support a patient’s decision to give it a try?
Before Breast Cancer Surgery, A Question Every Patient Should Ask Her Surgeon
Can you perform a sentinel lymph node biopsy, and avoid removing all of the glands from my armpit?
Team Care Slashes Deaths From Pregnancy In Sickle Cell Anemia
Prior to the program’s start, maternal mortality for women with sickle cell disease exceeded 9% at the teaching hospital. With team-based care, the death rate fell to 1%.
Why Women And Doctors Need To Know More About DCIS
DCIS accounts for approximately 1 in 5 breast cancer-ish diagnoses in the United States. The practical problem with DCIS is that most oncologists, surgical and medical, will admit they’re not sure what to do about it.
How To Avoid Overdiagnosis And Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer
If overtreatment is the problem, the solution is not by avoidance of breast cancer detection, but by better education of physicians and patients.
Recent Studies Of Mammography Use Shockingly Old Data
Researchers today are analyzing our grandmothers’ mammograms to inform women’s health and screening decisions today.
Can The Mammogram Panel Read A Mammogram?
To issue sound guidelines on breast cancer screening, would the USPSTF benefit by including an oncologist or radiologist on the panel?
At Palliative Care In Oncology Symposium, A Burst Of Energy
“There is no ‘race for the palliation,’” said Dr. Michael Levy, MD, PhD of Fox-Chase Cancer Center, a palliative care specialist.
Does It Matter Who Is The Doctor Who Performs Screening Colonoscopy?
Gastroenterologists vary widely in their “pick-up” rates. Although it’s widely accepted that colon cancer screening by colonoscopy can be life-saving, it’s unknown to what extent the doctors’ skills make a difference.
New Article on Mammography Spawns False Hope That Breast Cancer is Not a Dangerous Disease
Few forms of invasive breast cancer warrant no treatment unless the patient is so old that she is likely to die first of another condition, or the patient prefers to die of the disease….“Mammograms Spot Cancers That May Not Be Dangerous,” said….
In Defense of Primary Care, and of Sub-Sub-Sub-Specialists
An article in the March 24 NEJM called Specialization, Subspecialization, and Subsubspecialization in Internal Medicine might have some heads shaking: Isn’t there a shortage of primary care physicians?