Palliative Care Consult Can Cut Hospital Costs in Seriously Ill
PCC linked to reduction in hospital costs for hospitalized adults with serious illness
Clinical Upstaging of NSCLC Seen With Each Progressive Week
For clinical stage 1 NSCLC, 21.7 percent of patients upstaged after 1 week; 31.5 percent after 8 weeks
Practices Should Be Aware of Correct Way to Fire Employees
Practices should be aware of basic employment laws in their state, which vary with number of employees
Knowledge of Causes of Cancer Low in General Population
Awareness of actual cancer causes higher than that of mythical causes
April 2018 Briefing – Hematology & Oncology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Hematology & Oncology for April 2018. This roundup includes...
Liver-Kidney Recipients Have Donor-Specific Hypo-Responses
Unique characteristics ID'd in peripheral blood cells of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant recipients
Checklist Developed for Parents of Children With Cancer
Checklist covers primary, secondary, and tertiary topics that should be taught at different points
Five Healthy Lifestyle Habits Could Add >10 Years to Life
Reduced risk for all-cause, cancer, cardiovascular mortality for adults with five vs. zero low-risk factors
Similar Risk Predicted for Automated, Clinical BI-RADS Density
Similar discriminatory accuracy for automated, clinical BI-RADS density measures for interval, screen CAs
Sickle Cell Trait Not Linked to Stroke in African-Americans
Meta-analysis of four cohorts shows sickle cell trait not linked to incidence of ischemic stroke
