Search results for "Breast cancer"
Correcting medicine's use of race in clinical algorithms
Recent efforts have pushed institutions to reconsider the use of race not just in estimating kidney function, but in a variety of algorithms and scores.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/correcting-medicines-use-of-race-in-clinical-algorithms.htm
1 May 2021
Increasing colorectal cancer screening
Screening rates increased from 2000 to 2015 but continue to lag behind goal levels.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/01/increasing-colorectal-cancer-screening.htm
1 Jan 2019
Genes, environment hold the keys to healthy aging
Living into one's centenarian years involves a little bit of genetic luck, and a lot of healthy lifestyle choices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/agingQA.htm
1 May 2017
Montelukast examined for link to suicidal thoughts, actions
Warnings, recalls, label changes, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/eighteen.htm
1 May 2008
Many general internists uncomfortable caring for childhood cancer survivors, unfamiliar with relevant cancer surveillance guidelines
Internists reported that they were “somewhat uncomfortable” caring for childhood cancer survivors, were unfamiliar with available surveillance guidelines, and preferred to collaborate with cancer treatment centers and clinicians in a recent survey.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/07/4.htm
7 Jan 2014
From C− to Nobel Prize for ACP Member
ACP Member William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, recounts an inauspicious start in lab research that led to him winning the Nobel Prize for medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/from-cminus-to-nobel-prize-for-acp-member.htm
1 Feb 2020
Predicting risk is next challenge in tackling breast cancer
Declining mortality from breast cancer creates a new problem. How will internists decide which patients will benefit from the new treatment and prevention strategies? Also, get an advance look what will influence the next 10 years of treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/breast.htm
1 Jun 2009
Endocrine therapy, chemotherapy had similar efficacy in women with early-stage breast cancer and a midrange recurrence score
Rates of survival free of invasive disease were similar at nine years among women undergoing adjuvant endocrine therapy and chemotherapy, and the two groups had similar rates of freedom from distant disease recurrence, freedom from recurrence at a distant or local-regional site, and overall survival.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/12/1.htm
12 Jun 2018
Prioritize cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients, study suggests
Cardiac monitoring should be a priority among trastuzumab-treated high-risk patients, patients with comorbidities, and those treated with anthracyclines.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/07/4.htm
7 Aug 2018
Rethinking advance care planning
While more physicians are reporting having conversations about advance care planning with their patients, it's still far from common.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/rethinking-advance-care-planning.htm
1 May 2022