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Is It Safe To Order Drugs From Overseas Pharmacies?
Alert your patients to the dangers of Internet and overseas pharmacies.
Medscape Pharmacists, December 2008
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Hypersensitivity to HPV Vaccine Is Uncommon
In this video blog, Dr. Maurie Markman explains that most reported hypersensitivity reactions purportedly associated with HPV vaccination may not, in fact, be due to actual hypersensitivity.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2008
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The Role of Preoperative Systemic Therapy in Breast Cancer
What are the indications for preoperative therapies in patients with breast cancer?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2008
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When Breast Cancer Treatment Ends: Helping Survivors Stay Healthy
Drs. Antonio Wolff, Jennifer Ligibel, and Anne Schott discuss critical issues affecting the long-term health of breast cancer survivors.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2008
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Real-World Results Are Often Better Than Clinical Trials Suggest
In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall reflects on new data and evolving experience with bevacizumab in real patients with colorectal cancer.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2008
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Quantum Jumps in Human Genome Sequencing
In this videoblog, Dr. Eric Topol discusses 3 papers in Nature that may signify a revolution in comprehensive DNA sequencing.
Medscape Pathology, December 2008
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Manageable Cardiac Toxicities Do Not Reduce Benefits of Targeted Therapies in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Although cardiac toxicities are common with sunitinib and sorafenib, in this video blog, Dr. Maurie Markman notes that early intervention can prevent negative effects on outcomes.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2008
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Physicians Are Talking About: Email Communications With Patients
This column address the issues involved in email communications between physicians and their patients as discussed on Medscape Physician Connect.
Medscape Family Medicine, December 2008
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Continuing Trastuzumab After Primary Therapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
"Should my patient continue adjuvant trastuzumab?" Drs. Bao and Wolff discuss the evidence.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2008
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Colon Cancer Screening: An Age to Start and an Age to Stop?
In his next video blog, Dr. Johnson provides commentary on updated guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force on screening for colorectal cancer.
Medscape Gastroenterology, November 2008
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Demanding Highest Standards for New Cancer Diagnostics
New cancer diagnostics, such as a recently marketed test for ovarian cancer, should be held to the same rigorous standards as cancer therapeutics, according to Dr. Maurie Markman's latest video blog.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, November 2008
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The Delicate Balance Between Hope and Reality
How can clinicians help patients maintain hope, even when further treatments are unlikely to be of benefit? In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall asks when is it time to have the "talk"?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, November 2008
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New Insights on Glioblastoma Via a Comprehensive Genomics Approach
The author discusses new findings about the genetics of glioblastoma.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, November 2008
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Adjuvant Treatment May Not Be Right for All Patients
In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall talks about microsatellite instability, a marker that may reveal which patients with early colorectal cancer should forgo standard adjuvant treatment.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, November 2008
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Same-Day Pathology Reports With a Rapid Tissue-Processing Method
Commentary on a study on a microwave-assisted rapid tissue-processing method, published September 2008 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Medscape General Surgery, November 2008
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Kaunitz on Women's Health: Vitamin D -- Not Just for Bones
Andrew Kaunitz's Gyn Video Blog: find out about the myriad of positive ways that vitamin D contributes to health.
Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, November 2008
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Endoscopic Rescreening After a Negative Colonoscopy: How Long Should We Wait?
Commentary on a study on the appropriate interval between screening colonoscopies, published September 2008 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Medscape General Surgery, November 2008
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Elucidation of the Role of MicroRNA in Healthy Cells and Disease
The author discusses new findings regarding microRNAs in health and disease.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, November 2008
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What Is the Effect of Delayed Radiation After Primary Breast Cancer Treatment?
Women in developing nations many not have access to radiation facilities or may delay such treatment. Does radiation still have value in preventing disease recurrence when it is delayed?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, October 2008
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Two Primaries or Metastatic Disease?
In his latest video blog, Dr. Maurie Markman discusses advances in the process of determining whether synchronous malignant findings represent 2 unrelated primary cancers or metastatic disease.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, October 2008
