Search results for "Breast Cancer"
Primary care reminders, outreach boosted overdue cancer screening follow-up
Electronic reminders alone did not increase follow-up rates for abnormal breast, cervical, colorectal, or lung cancer screening test results, but adding outreach by letter and phone did, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/17/4.htm
17 Oct 2023
Rethinking advance care planning
While more physicians are reporting having conversations about advance care planning with their patients, it's still far from common.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/rethinking-advance-care-planning.htm
1 May 2022
Potential overdiagnosis may be significantly associated with breast cancer screening
Danish researchers assessed screening programs offering biennial mammography for women ages 50 to 69 years to determine trends in the incidence of advanced and nonadvanced breast cancer tumors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/10/1.htm
10 Jan 2017
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/04/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Apr 2020
Montelukast examined for link to suicidal thoughts, actions
Warnings, recalls, label changes, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/eighteen.htm
1 May 2008
Trying to temper a 'twindemic'
This issue addressed the upcoming flu season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, policies around mammography, and medical tourism.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/10/trying-to-temper-a-twindemic.htm
1 Oct 2021
Balancing ethics, risks of ‘right to try’
If you're a patient who is likely to die from your cancer,” he said, “you could die sooner or you could die in greater discomfort by taking an investigational drug ... Speaking before the Oct. 3, 2017, House subcommittee hearing, Ellen Sigal, PhD, chair of the nonprofit organization Friends of Cancer Research, described her sister's fight against metastatic breast cancer and
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/balancing-ethics-risks-of-right-to-try.htm
1 Jan 2018
MKSAP Quiz: maintaining bone health
A 54-year-old woman comes to the office for advice regarding maintaining bone health. She has no history of fracture. The patient recently had a lumpectomy and radiation therapy to treat breast cancer, is currently taking tamoxifen, and will begin taking an aromatase inhibitor in 2 months. She underwent menopause at age 52 years and has persistent hot flushes. Her risk factors for osteoporosis include a slim body habitus and a mother who had a hip fracture at age 67 years. Following a physical exam, lab results and a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan, what pharmacologic agents can be started in this patient?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/10/3.htm
10 Mar 2015
Following up on breast density
This issue also covers vaccination practices and resources for managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/following-up-on-breast-density.htm
1 Jun 2020
Appropriate uses considered for echocardiography in common clinical scenarios
MRI screening associated with improved survival in women at high risk for breast cancer
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/23/4.htm
23 Nov 2010