Search results for "Cancer"
Older colon cancer patients less likely to receive chemo, have fewer late adverse events
Incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer increasing
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/23/5.htm
23 Mar 2010
Internists generated $1.6 million annually for affiliated hospitals
Older colon cancer patients less likely to receive chemo, have fewer late adverse events
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/23/3.htm
23 Mar 2010
Genomics will aid primary care, with primary care's help
Genomics expert W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD, interviews Eric Green, MD, PhD, the new director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, about the changing interface between genomics and medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/genomics.htm
1 Apr 2010
Risks seen with anemia, asthma drugs; insulin syringes recalled
Warnings, recalls and updates from the Food and Drug Administration.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/fda.htm
1 Apr 2010
Seeing the whole diagnostic picture
For a year, one patient saw specialist after specialist and received a different diagnosis each time. Like the story of the blind men and the elephant, specialists often see the patient through only one component of training, as anchoring and availability sneak into their thinking.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/mindful.htm
1 Apr 2010
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the ACP InternistWeekly item about lower pay driving physicians to cut their hours, and to the cover story that questioned the value of the annual physical exam.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/letters.htm
1 Apr 2010
Survivors of childhood cancer treated with chest radiation may benefit from early breast cancer surveillance
Nearly one-third of older adults need end-of-life decisions made but lack ability
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/06/5.htm
6 Apr 2010
BPH drug may lower prostate cancer incidence, effect on mortality unknown
Survivors of childhood cancer treated with chest radiation may benefit from early breast cancer surveillance
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/06/4.htm
6 Apr 2010
MKSAP Quiz: aching in joints of hands and knees
BPH drug may lower prostate cancer incidence, effect on mortality unknown
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/06/3.htm
6 Apr 2010
Health reform could improve the lives of patients, internists
Health reform legislation represents a historic shift in the federal government's role in health care, but debate continues whether it will be good for America and for internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/washington.htm
1 May 2010