Search results for "Oncology"
QD: News Every Day--'Chemo-brain' exists after recovery from breast cancer
Results appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Researchers noted deficits in cognitive functioning compared to control patients or prechemotherapy baseline verbal ability (g=0.19; P less than.
January 2020
Teaching crucial conversations and overcoming the curse of knowledge & the ASK problem
One model curriculum we can learn from has been developed by oncology fellowship directors and is called OncoTalk.
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--Patients benefit knowing death is imminent
Results appeared at the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Since 2000, there has been an increasing focus on palliative care in Sweden, the study authors wrote.
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--Alternative medicine prevalent and rising for cancer care
Results appeared in the Journal of Oncology Practice. There were 1,228 (71.5%) respondents with a cancer diagnosis, 923 of whom (75.2%) were using at least one form of
January 2020
'Cancer survivorship' and the search for higher meaning
Twitter. Dr. Just has 36 years in clinical practice of hematology and medical oncology.
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--Get cancer, keep smoking, what does it take to quit?
Another possibility is that oncology providers are more likely to talk to patients with lung cancer about quitting.".
January 2020
WHO classifies processed meats as carcinogenic
Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat (The Lancet Oncology, free registration required).
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--HPV vaccine may prevent throat cancer, but no trial will happen
The study appeared online Oct. 3 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
January 2020
The importance of medical judgement--part II
Who wants a trigger happy surgeon anyway?”. “Come to our oncology center for a second opinion.
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--Medical societies release top-five lists of overused medical tests
of Clinical Oncology (no cancer-directed therapy for solid tumor patients with certain characteristics), American Society of Nephrology (no routine cancer screening for dialysis patients with limited life expectancies without signs
January 2020