Cancer surgery is filled with moments of fear, even for doctors. Our cameras follow as an oncologist confronts this anxiety in the second episode of our video series The Oncologists.
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Freefall: How Skydiving Is Like Cancer Surgery
Publish date: June 1, 2021
Author(s):
Jeffrey B. Teitler, MFA
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Jeffrey B. Teitler, MFA
Professor, Department of Communication, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut; Director, Envision Films, West Hartford, Connecticut
Disclosure: Jeffrey B. Teitler, MFA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Clinical Topics
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Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate -
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Digital Edition
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AVAHO 2021 Meeting Posters and Abstracts Publish date: September 22, 2021 -
Advances in Hematology and Oncology Publish date: September 3, 2021 -
Advances in Hematology and Oncology Publish date: May 20, 2021 -
August 2020 Advances in Precision Oncology -
Abstracts Presented at the 2020 AVAHO Annual Meeting (Digital Edition)
Multimedia
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Conference Coverage
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Imaging techniques will revolutionize cancer detection, expert predicts Publish date: June 26, 2023 -
CBSM phone app eases anxiety, depression in cancer patients Publish date: June 23, 2023 -
Phone support helps weight loss in patients with breast cancer Publish date: June 4, 2023 -
Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths Publish date: June 4, 2023 -
Breast cancer: Meta-analysis supports ovarian suppression/ablation Publish date: June 4, 2023 -
Surgical de-escalation passes clinical test in low-risk cervical cancer Publish date: June 4, 2023 -
Minimally invasive vs. open surgery in pancreatic cancer Publish date: June 1, 2023 -
Unprecedented drop seen in early colorectal cancer cases due to aspirin use Publish date: May 30, 2023 -
Circulating tumor DNA may predict poor prognosis in breast cancer Publish date: May 24, 2023 -
Breast cancer outcomes are worse for Black men Publish date: May 24, 2023
CLL incidence by race and location
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