Hematology-Oncology Experts & Viewpoints

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
Retooling for an Aging America Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, discusses the impact of the "baby boomer" generation on medicine.
Commentary, August 2008
Should Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Nonresectable Liver Metastasis Have Surgery? Commentary on a study on whether surgery is justified for CRC and nonresectable liver metastasis, published April 2008 in the Archives of Surgery.
Commentary, August 2008
Multimodality Approaches to a Postmastectomy Local Breast Cancer Recurrence Dr. Thomas Buchholz explains how experts in imaging, pathology, medical oncology, surgery, and radiation might work together to treat a patient with a chest wall recurrence 6 years after mastectomy.
Ask the Expert, July 2008
Single-Agent Topotecan Still Best for Recurrent or Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer A new study confirms that combination chemotherapy is more toxic and not more effective than single-agent topotecan for recurrent or platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Commentary, July 2008
Physicians for Sale: How Medical Professional Organizations Exploit Their Members To improve the state of US healthcare, physicians need to rethink what their profession is and identify what they need to do to regain their professional integrity.
Commentary, July 2008
Building Physician Connectivity for e-Prescribing Kevin Hutchinson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prematics, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia, tells us how to move e-prescribing forward.
Expert Interview, July 2008
Smoking and Lung Cancer Associations Drs. Erin Smith and Eric Topol discuss 3 important papers reporting on the relationships of genetic markers to smoking and to lung cancer.
Commentary, July 2008
New Therapeutic Options for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Latest Data From ASCO 2008 In this expert interview, Dr. Susan Slovin highlights new findings from ASCO 2008 and discusses key challenges facing clinicians who manage patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Expert Interview, July 2008

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A new bill in Congress would send trained clinicians into doctors’ offices with independent data about the relative benefits, risks, and costs of drugs; some research suggests that such "academic detailing" reduces potential prescribing bias from the influence of drug company reps. What effect do you think such a program would have?

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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

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