Hematology and Oncology
Home Hematology and Oncology
Unique Risks Associated With Texting Medical Orders
Institute of Safe Medication Practices indicates risks such as abbreviations, autocorrection
Blueprint Being Developed to Address Physician Burnout
As part of blueprint, task force developing strategies that can be adopted by any institution/practice
H. Pylori Treatment Tied to Lower Metachronous Gastric Cancer Risk
Those treated after early CA also had improvement in atrophy grade at gastric corpus lesser curvature
MRI-Targeted Biopsy Noninferior for Prostate Cancer Detection
Clinically significant cancer detected in more men in MRI-targeted biopsy versus standard-biopsy group
Dose-Escalated Radn Does Not Up Survival in Localized Prostate CA
No improvement in overall survival; no difference in cumulative rate of distant metastases
Many Teens Using Tobacco Don’t Self-Identify As Users
Those in denial often single product users of roll-your-own, pipe, e-cigarette, cigar, or hookah tobacco
More Harms Than Benefits for E-Cigarettes at Population Level
Estimated 168,000 never-smoking young people could become daily smokers after starting e-cigs
Review: Virtual Reality Distracts From Pain of Medical Procedures
VR effective for reducing pain and distress of even extremely painful procedures
Prevalence of Sunburn 34.2 Percent in U.S. in 2015
About half of individuals aged 18 to 29 and those with sun-sensitive skin experienced sunburn
Risk of Breast CA May Be Higher in Women With Schizophrenia
Findings based on a meta-analysis that showed significant study heterogeneity
