Nurse Practitioner-Led Rapid Diagnosis Clinic May Reduce Time to Diagnosis in Lymphoma
Patients referred to the clinic were diagnosed nearly 2 weeks faster compared with historical controls.
Patients referred to the clinic were diagnosed nearly 2 weeks faster compared with historical controls.
Medical students participating in this study were randomly assigned to either a rule-based or application group.
An analysis of ESAS scores identified factors that increased the odds patients with cancer would experience greater symptom burdens and at what points in the cancer experience this was more likely to occur.
Patients presenting with lesions with shiny white streaks on dermoscopy should undergo biopsy for possible melanoma.
Questionnaires completed before and after a clinic visit revealed the potential anxiety of patients during the diagnosis and treatment planning phases of their cancer journey.
When researchers sent sample slides to pathologists for review, the assessments varied widely and some pathologists even disagreed with their own initial assessment when retested months later.
Cancer centers and hospital networks are finding both utility and value in clinical care pathways to help standardize diagnosis, treatment, and management of the most common disease presentations.
A texture analysis technique improved classification of different types of breast tissue imaged with optical coherence microscopy.
Geographic location was seen to affect disease stage at diagnosis among people with colorectal cancer who live in ethnically or racially segregated communities.
Clinical breast examination (CBE) is superior to MRI for predicting pathologic complete response (pCR) in women with HER2-positive breast cancer, a study presented at the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium indicates.