Radiologists have increased their use of computer-aided detection (CAD) in screening and diagnostic mammography, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (2010 Oct;7(10):802-5).
The author introduces The Annie Appleseed Project and previews its upcoming annual meeting.
Collaboration between the patient and health care provider about a posttreatment care plan can improve the patient’s quality of life.
The ability to recognize the symptoms and manage the consequences are critical to personal and professional health.
The forum answers questions about the effects of pectin and administering chemotherapy with no blood return.
Zoledronic acid is more effect than clodronate at treating patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma and improves survival.
Chemoradiotherapy improves survival in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer compared to treatment with radiotherapy alone.
Oncology nurses are concerned about the growing number of invasive fungal infections among their cancer patients, according to a recent report.
Prognosis is not good, but many patients still seek treatment, equating prolonged neurologic function with better quality of life.
An individualized plan of care that kept the patient’s dementia in mind helped to produce an excellent outcome for this elderly patient.
