Oncology Perspective

• I Was Lost in an Abyss of Electronic Clicks If grace still existed, it had long been consumed by an abyss of electronic clicks. Empathy was not efficient and, thus, no longer welcome. It was a moral disconnect that I could no longer reconcile.
  Medscape Oncology, May 23, 2022
• Gynecologic Cancer Studies: What to Look for at ASCO 2022   It's not just about ovarian cancer anymore -- presentations at ASCO 2022 illustrate the major advances that have been made in gynecologic cancer treatments.
  Medscape Oncology, May 20, 2022
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 Some states offer lots of perks and temptations for physician practices, although each doctor has their own priorities that make some places more desirable.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2022
• How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain   Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• Episode 3: Intermediate-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia   Drs Gail Roboz and Pinkal Desai discuss intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia.
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• At What Point Does Comfort Care Become Murder?   Drs Robert Glatter, Ferdinando Mirarchi, Lewis Nelson, and Thaddeus Pope discuss a recent legal case and how it may affect end-of-life care moving forward.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Colorectal Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Colorectal Liver Metastases   The case focuses on a 32-year-old man whose colonoscopy showed a non-bleeding mass about 2-3 cm above the anal verge with some symptoms of mild partial obstruction. His staging imaging demonstrates multiple liver lesions, a mid-rectal thickening, and some small pulmonary nodules.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Episode 5: Treatment/Follow-up for Premenopausal Women With Breast Cancer   Drs Lidia Schapira and Kathryn Ruddy discuss treatment and follow-up care for premenopausal women with breast cancer.
  Medscape, May 17, 2022
• Medscape Oncologist Compensation Report 2022 Medscape's Oncologist Compensation Report 2022 explores income sources, pay gaps, and attitudes about work as COVID's impact on medical practices declines.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 13, 2022
• Attending ASCO in Person This Year? Remember These 14 Tips Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, provides guidance on how to get the most out of the upcoming ASCO meeting.
  Medscape Oncology, May 12, 2022
• The Case for Post-COVID Steroids   Dr F. Perry Wilson cautions against changing practice on the basis of a single study.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• Dodging Potholes From Cancer Care to Hospice Transitions Switching gears from an all-out pursuit of active therapy to focusing on cancer symptoms in a palliative setting is often a scary transition for patients and their families.
  Medscape Oncology, May 10, 2022
• Finding Your Wolfpack in Academic Medicine How I learned to surround myself with like-minded people in academic medicine to no longer feel "out of place."
  Medscape Blogs, May 10, 2022
• Young Adult Obesity Has Quintupled. Will 'Cancer Wave' Follow?   Maurie Markman discusses a recent article highlighting obesity prevalence among young adults with an eye toward the implications for cancer incidence in the United States.
  Medscape Oncology, May 09, 2022
• A Doctor, a Poem, and a License to Reflect   The arts offer powerful ways to reconnect with the sentiments and motivations that brought us to medicine in the first place.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 05, 2022
• Aspirin in Primary Prevention of CVD: Rational Use   The aspirin question returns as the balance of benefits vs harms for some patient groups is reassessed.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 04, 2022
• Episode 2: Frontline Therapy for Multiple Myeloma   Joseph Mikhael, MD, and Peter Voorhees, MD, discuss frontline therapy for multiple myeloma and new options for both transplant-eligible and transplant-ineligible patients.
  Medscape, May 03, 2022
• Episode 1: Screening for Early-Stage Multiple Myeloma   Joseph Mikhael, MD, and Irene Ghobrial, MD, discuss screening high-risk populations for early-stage multiple myeloma and new techniques to detect it.
  Medscape, May 03, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness CDC answers questions about how effective vaccines are against preventing serious illness with newer COVID variants.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 03, 2022
• Early Breast Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: HER2-negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma   The e-Tumor Boards, a video series collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, gives physicians an inside look into a virtual, multidisciplinary renal cell carcinoma tumor board case discussion.
  Medscape, May 02, 2022