Extensive racial and ethnic disparities in head and neck cancer influence everything from stage at diagnosis, time to treatment, and treatments offered. “Although head and neck cancers primarily affect White patients, one in five patients with head...
TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The 2023 cisplatin shortage led to a shift in utilization to alternative therapies for head and neck cancer (HNC), resulting in significant cost increases, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical...
The first study to compare national myelofibrosis outcomes with a large minority cohort illustrates links between age, gender, and ethnicity and worse survival.
A recent study found that the accuracy of high-frequency ultrasound was similar to that of pathology for diagnosing basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas.
The following is a summary of “Traveling Long Distances for Rectal Cancer Care: Institutional Outcomes and Patient Experiences,” published in the October 2024 issue of Surgery by Peterson et al. Growing evidence shows that patients benefit from undergoing complex...
MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with suspicion for prostate cancer, transperineal biopsy has similar cancer detection rates as transrectal biopsy but a significantly lower risk for infection, according to a research letter published online...
TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The 2023 cisplatin shortage led to a shift in utilization to alternative therapies for head and neck cancer (HNC), resulting in significant cost increases, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical...
The first study to compare national myelofibrosis outcomes with a large minority cohort illustrates links between age, gender, and ethnicity and worse survival.
A recent study found that the accuracy of high-frequency ultrasound was similar to that of pathology for diagnosing basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas.
The following is a summary of “Traveling Long Distances for Rectal Cancer Care: Institutional Outcomes and Patient Experiences,” published in the October 2024 issue of Surgery by Peterson et al. Growing evidence shows that patients benefit from undergoing complex...
MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with suspicion for prostate cancer, transperineal biopsy has similar cancer detection rates as transrectal biopsy but a significantly lower risk for infection, according to a research letter published online...
Yvette C. Terrie, RPh, shares insights into addressing non-adherence and motivating patients to adhere to medication recommendations and health practices.
Patients have easy access to health information, so doctors must enhance efforts involving helping patients understand their conditions and treatment options.
In this medical fiction, a pampered heir's anti-antibiotic crusade ends after an encounter with a bear cub renders him a victim of his own misguided beliefs.
This course discusses how primary care clinicians instruct their patients about the benefits of follow-up after receiving abnormal results after a cancer screening.
Medical cartoon about ICD-10 codes raining down on the medical community during ICD-10-CM update season.
2025 ICD-10-CM updates include new codes, code deletions and revisions, and a conversion table that identifies inactive codes and their replacements.
Although a patient's request for a second opinion can make a physician question the patient’s trust level, physicians should consider supporting that desire.
Working in a concierge healthcare system allows doctors to reclaim their primary role in patient care and reconnect with meaning in their practice of medicine.
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