Oncology Perspective

• Emerging Treatments for OMBC: Where Are We Now? Breast cancer specialist Igor Makhlin, MD, discusses the poorly understood entity of oligometastatic breast cancers and provides insights on evolving research and current treatment strategies.
  Medscape Oncology, August 05, 2021
• Oncologists Face Nightmares Every Day With Prior Authorization An oncologist describes the frustration of having insurance companies deny tests and drugs that he has ordered: "A part of every day is spent worrying."
  Medscape Oncology, August 04, 2021
• FDA's Accelerated Approval Pathway Is Broken Have recent decisions by the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee undermined its credibility with patients and oncologists?
  Medscape Oncology, August 04, 2021
• New Technology May Improve Medication Compliance Mistakes in medication self-administration kill thousands and cost billions every year. Help may be coming.
  Medscape Blogs, August 04, 2021
• Physicians Need to Unionize Now Complaining about the loss of physician autonomy isn't going to change anything. We need to unionize, argues this doctor.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 04, 2021
• Simplifying COVID Immunology, One Metaphor at a Time   With tales of Post-it Notes and fire trucks, Shane Crotty explains COVID immunology and vaccine responses for scientists and nonscientists alike.
  Medscape, August 03, 2021
• ASCO 2021 New Long-term Melanoma Data 'Clearly Favor' IPI/NIVO   Dr Jeffrey Weber discusses long-term follow-up data presented at ASCO 2021.
  Medscape Oncology, August 03, 2021
• Should COVID Vaccinations Be Mandatory for Healthcare Workers?   Bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, hosts a panel conversation on whether it's possible to balance patient safety against the risk of alienating and losing your workforce.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 03, 2021
• How One Drive-By Clinic Fought Declining CRC Screening Rates A program combining FIT testing with flu vaccines provides a template for how to provide care to underserved communities.
  July 30, 2021
• Women’s Health: 50 Years of Progress   Part of the National Academy of Medicine’s look back at a half century of progress in health, this report focuses on women.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, July 30, 2021
• Our Immunocompromised Patients Need a Third Dose Three physicians who specialize in the treatment of immunocompromised patients make the case for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
  Medscape Oncology, July 30, 2021
• Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse? Many incidents of physicians behaving inappropriately have become public recently. We surveyed over 2000 doctors to see how serious this is, and how it affects the medical profession.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 30, 2021
• ASCO 2021 ASCO Lung Cancer Targeted Therapy Data Expands EGFR and MET   Some of the new targeted therapies work even when the mechanism is unknown, says Dr Kris.
  Medscape Oncology, July 29, 2021
• ASCO 2021 What's Next After Anti-PD-1 Therapy for Melanoma Fails?   Dr Jeffrey Weber describes two studies with encouraging results for patients with advanced melanoma that has not responded to anti-PD-1 and other immunotherapies.
  Medscape Oncology, July 29, 2021
• Billboard Therapy: Doctoring vs the Dollar Skilled marketing of new treatments complicates the physician-patient relationship.
  Medscape Blogs, July 29, 2021
• COVID-19 and Cancer Misinformation: An Oncologist's Viewpoint An oncologist reflects on the endemic of cancer misinformation in our society and the parallels with COVID-19 pandemic misinformation, and where we may have gone wrong in our public health messaging.
  Medscape Blogs, July 27, 2021
• High-Fructose Corn Syrup Ups CRC Risk, More Data Suggest Two recent analyses of Nurses' Health Study II data are just the latest linking sugary beverages to colorectal cancer.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 27, 2021
• Cancer Therapy and Myocardial Dysfunction: 5 Things to Know An expert overview of some key aspects to preventing, monitoring, and managing cardiac dysfunction related to cancer therapy.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , July 26, 2021
• ASCO 2021 ASCO 2021: Best Lung Cancer IO Data   Pooled analysis supports chemo + immunotherapy for patients with PD-L1 1%-49%; immunosuppressants for adverse effects of immunotherapy; and AI predicts outcomes better than pathologic exam.
  Medscape Oncology, July 21, 2021
• 25 Best Vacation Ideas for Doctors: Popular Spots or Away From the Crowds? Everyone's clamoring for a change of scenery. Whether you want to visit popular destinations or stay away from crowds, here are some terrific choices.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 21, 2021