Oncology Perspective

• Battle of the Sexes: Who Gives Better Medical Care? Does physician gender affect quality of care? Dr Arghavan Salles takes a look at the evidence.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 01, 2021
• How Has COVID-19 Affected MBC Treatment Decisions? Oncologists discuss how they've modified their pre-pandemic practices based on local COVID conditions in an effort to sustain patient care.
  Medscape Oncology, February 26, 2021
• What Drives an Exceptional Response to Cancer Treatment?   Dr David Kerr implores us to cherish the 'unusual patients,' as they may be key to better understanding those cancers that exhibit exceptional responses to treatment.
  Medscape Oncology, February 23, 2021
• 5 Challenges to Conventional Wisdom in Prostate Cancer A urologic surgeon challenges the accepted wisdom in the field of prostate cancer management.
  Medscape Urology, February 23, 2021
• The Vanguard of HIV Care: Don't Forget This Screening HIV-positive patients are living longer than ever, thanks to antiretroviral medications. But this means increased rates of HPV-associated anal cancer.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, February 22, 2021
• How Has the Pandemic Affected Rural and Urban Cancer Patients? Research has shown that, compared with their urban counterparts, rural cancer patients have higher cancer-related mortality and other negative treatment outcomes.
  Medscape Oncology, February 22, 2021
• Feb 19 2021 This Week in Cardiology   Bernard Lown, Type 2 MI, Sacubitril/Valsartan and COVID19 anticoagulation are discussed in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 19, 2021
• Medscape Oncologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2021 Medscape surveyed oncologists about their lives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, including how burnout and depression have affected their relationships, career, and happiness.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, February 19, 2021
• Key Advances in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer From WCLC 2020   The latest data from the IASLC 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer include novel approaches in patients with uncommon mutations and a screening program in never-smokers, reviewed by Prof. Tony Mok.
  Medscape, February 19, 2021
• Cheat Code: Cracking Cancer's Evolution to Help Defeat It Cancer cells evolved to outsmart our bodies, but researchers are turning the tables on this disease via adaptive treatment strategies.
  Medscape Oncology, February 19, 2021
• A Pivotal Moment in Cancer Surgery, Captured on Film   Few ever see this side of cancer care. Our cameras go behind the scenes as a surgical oncologist faces a crucial moment in the OR in this first episode of a new video series.
  Medscape Oncology, February 18, 2021
• Surgeons Can Change. The Pandemic Made It Happen Faster NorthShore Health System in Chicago canceled 3400 elective surgeries in March 2020. Here' s what happened next.
  Medscape General Surgery, February 18, 2021
• Using AI to Maximize the Value of Radiographic Images Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to one day affect the entire continuum of cancer care – from screening and risk prediction to diagnosis, risk stratification, treatment selection, and follow-up.
  Medscape Radiology, February 18, 2021
• 7 Key Changes: 2021 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedules Dr Bill Basco highlights key changes to the 2021 schedules, plus other important pediatric vaccine news.
  Medscape Pediatrics, February 17, 2021
• COVID-19 Has Wiped Out Cancer Research Fundraising   'The impact on fundamental translational clinical research will be enormous and will echo forward for many years,' Dr Kerr laments.
  Medscape Oncology, February 17, 2021
• GUCS 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from GUCS 2021
  Medscape Oncology, February 12, 2021
• Don't Fear Patients Reading Their Clinical Notes: Opinion Some physicians worry about the impact of patients having access to physicians' visit notes, but these authors say it's a useful opportunity.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 11, 2021
• How Medscape Became a Leader in Online Medical Information   Dr George Lundberg highlights Medscape's pioneering efforts in online medical publishing.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 10, 2021
• Vaccine Trials Prove Clinical Trial Diversity Is Doable The COVID vaccine trials had good representation of minority patients, but they're the exception, not the rule. John Whyte, MD, challenges investigators across medicine to do better.
  Medscape, February 10, 2021
• TCT 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from TCT 2021
  Medscape Oncology, February 09, 2021