Preparing Patients for Toxicity—Physical and Financial
Everyone’s talking about health care costs these days. The presentations usually start with a chart of rising health care expenditures, the tip of the line pointing skywards. Next come exhaustive (and...
View ArticleAnswering Your Patients’ Question: “What did you learn at the Meeting?”
“So what did you learn at the meeting? Is there something new for me?” Sometime during my first clinic session after the ASCO Annual Meeting, I inevitably get asked these questions by patients. It’s...
View Article“I’m Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV”: What’s the Benefit of...
On the way to work recently, I heard a radio advertisement that sparked my interest. A cancer center (not my own) was advertising 3D mammography to patients as an alternative to standard mammography....
View ArticleLooking for Value in Cancer Care? Start Here
“Value” will be front and center at the ASCO Annual Meeting this year, so much so that it has earned its own search category as a cross-cutting theme in the ASCO Meeting iPlanner. While the word itself...
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