Mixed Topics
Conference Coverage
Many patients, doctors unaware of advancements in cancer care
“These patients must be spared the traumatic effects of being handed a death sentence that no longer reflects the current reality,” said Dr....
Conference Coverage
Outreach Finds Veterans Unaware of Service Connection
Perspectives
‘Locker room talk’ about death: Time for oncologists to stop
Death is a routine, inevitable part of an oncologist's life, and over time, oncology training and practice hardens us to it ... So how do we...
News
Antibiotic use and colon cancer: More evidence of link
The data “strengthen prior evidence and provide new insights into site-specific carcinogenesis as well as indirect support for the role of gut...
News
FDA warns clinicians to stop using Eco-Med products because of contamination concerns
Eco-Med has ceased all operations and is no longer manufacturing or distributing products.
Article
Bone Health in Patients With Prostate Cancer: An Evidence-Based Algorithm
An evidence-based algorithm for bone-health monitoring may be beneficial for potential complications resulting from treatment with androgen...
Article
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Within a VA Health Care System
A multidisciplinary approach provided safe and feasible cancer treatment in a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer and comorbid substance use...
Article
Three Primary Cancers in a Veteran With Agent Orange and Agent Blue Exposures
A Vietnam War veteran’s exposures likely contributed to his cancer diagnoses, but these associations are confounded by substance use, including...
Article
Federal Health Care Data Trends 2021
News
Mayo, Cleveland Clinics top latest U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings
With new ratings for myocardial infarction, stroke, hip fracture, and back surgery (spinal fusion), the report now ranks 17 procedures and...
