Hematology-Oncology Experts & Viewpoints

A Market for Compassion: Single-Payer Health Insurance Prajwal Ciryam, second-year MD/PhD student at Northwestern University and Co-Founding Member of Health Care for All Illinois, explains why an American single-payer system is right.
Commentary, September 2008
HPV Vaccine Is Most Cost Effective for Preadolescent Girls The results of a cost analysis regarding efficacy of the HPV vaccine may have been oversimplified and even misinterpreted by the lay press.
Commentary, September 2008
After ENHANCE, Now SEAS: What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It? With more data about Vytorin and ezetimibe being presented at the European cardiology meeting, in this video blog Dr. Black discusses what we should think about the results, given their context.
Commentary, August 2008
When and How Should Clinicians Diagnose Secondary Hypertension? True secondary hypertension represents only about 5% of patients -- in his video blog Dr. Black presents detailed criteria for how clinicians can efficiently assess its possible causes.
Commentary, August 2008
First-line Treatment of Triple-Negative and Basal-Like Breast Cancers Drs. Bao and Wolff discuss the distinctions between these overlapping tumor phenotypes as well as recent data on treatment options.
Ask the Expert, August 2008
Sun, Pigmentation, Genetic Variations, and the Risk for Skin Cancer The authors discuss important new papers reporting on the relationships of genetic markers to risk for skin cancer.
Commentary, August 2008
What Do Pathologic Skin Lesions in Elderly Patients Look Like? What are some of the most common premalignant and malignant lesions seen in older patients, and what do they look like?
Ask the Expert, August 2008
Stand Up to Cancer Dr. Maurie Markman highlights the upcoming "Stand Up to Cancer" event, a novel project designed to raise money to finance cancer research that might otherwise never find support.
Commentary, August 2008
Monitoring and Managing Cardiotoxicities Associated with Cancer Therapies: An Expert Interview with Dr. Pamela S. Douglas In this interview, Dr. Douglas discusses some of the key challenges facing oncologists today in monitoring and managing cardiotoxicities associated with cancer therapeutics.
Expert Interview, August 2008
Why Should I Report an Adverse Drug Event? Individual clinicians can play a vital role in detecting potentially serious adverse drug events -- and the safety of our drug supply depends on them.
Expert Column, August 2008

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In a nationally representative cohort study of 13,000 patients, low vitamin D levels were found to be linked to an increased risk for death. The lead investigator says that the size of the study helps make the results more generalizable, and she is calling for a randomized controlled trial on this issue. How will this finding affect your practice?

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First-line Treatment of Triple-Negative and Basal-Like Breast Cancers Drs. Bao and Wolff discuss the distinctions between these overlapping tumor phenotypes as well as recent data on treatment options.
Ask the Expert, August 2008

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