Practice Management
Conference Coverage
It’s okay to say ‘no’: Setting boundaries in oncology
Having set boundaries “provides more emotional and cognitive flexibility, and less uncertainty, in the relationships that we have with our...
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Widespread carboplatin, cisplatin shortages: NCCN survey
Only 64% of centers said they are still able to continue treating all current patients receiving carboplatin.
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Is ChatGPT a friend or foe of medical publishing?
Experts agree that the use of AI tools is here to stay. “This is going to become a common tool. I don’t think there’s a way out of that at this...
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When could you be sued for AI malpractice? You’re likely using it now
A record that clearly outlines how the physician incorporated the AI is critical if a claim later arises in which the doctor is accused of AI-...
Commentary
How can we make medical training less ‘toxic’?
“It is not just surgery. It is definitely not just one specialty and it is not just one school. It is an endemic problem in medicine.”
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Oncologist pleads guilty to prescription drug fraud
Dr. Kachadourian was paid more than $170,000 for purchasing and allowing others to purchase in her name millions of dollars in prescription drugs...
Conference Coverage
Omitting radiation in rectal cancer: ‘Less is more’
‘An all-chemotherapy approach may make curative intent treatment accessible for patients in these resource-constrained settings,’ says the author...
Conference Coverage
Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths
Results of a new study were particularly notable for Black patients, for whom there was a consistent increase in receiving therapy and a decrease...
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Cross-border U.S.-Mexican collaboration drives up ALL survival
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As Medicaid purge begins, ‘staggering numbers’ of Americans lose coverage
The majority of people who have lost coverage were dropped because of technicalities, such as not completing paperwork, not because state...
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How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients’ options for breast reconstruction
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to reexamine how doctors are paid for a type of breast reconstruction known as DIEP flap....