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The Last 30 Days: How Oncologists’ Choices Affect End-of-Life Cancer Care
Researchers analyze data from more than 17,000 patients who died of cancer between 2012 and 2017.
News
Ancient Viruses in Our DNA Hold Clues to Cancer Treatment
Targeting remnants of a virus in our DNA could lead to more effective cancer treatment with fewer side effects.
Article
Acquired Factor VIII Deficiency Presenting as Compartment Syndrome
An isolated elevated partial thromboplastin time level in a patient who is bleeding should raise suspicions for factor VIII deficiency and...
Article
Prognostication in Hospice Care: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Importance of Functional Status
Given the generally poor training and limited medical education, use of functional scales may improve the accuracy of life expectancy predictions...
Article
Impact of VA Hematology/Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners in the Review of Community Prescriptions for Specialty Medications
This single-site study sought to evaluate clinical interventions initiated by hematology/oncology pharmacists during their review of specialty...
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Should Cancer Trial Eligibility Become More Inclusive?
A new study highlights the potential benefits of broadening eligibility criteria for clinical trials.
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Urticaria Linked to Higher Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Researchers compare the incident cancer risk between patients with urticaria and the general population using data from Danish healthcare...
Conference Coverage
One Patient Changed This Oncologist’s View of Hope. Here’s How.
“How we think about hope directly influences patient care,” according to a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York...
Article
Overuse of Hematocrit Testing After Elective General Surgery at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent elective general surgery at a VA medical center sought to determine whether routine...
News
Obesity and Cancer: Untangling a Complex Web
Is gaining weight later in life better or worse for cancer risk than being overweight or obese from a young age?
