Month: July 2018
August 2, 2018 – Ovarian Cancer Marker
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Anchor lead: A new marker may help distinguish more dangerous ovarian cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A newly identified marker for ovarian cancer may help stratify those cancers that have a worse prognosis, and perhaps indicate that greater vigilance with regard …
August 1, 2018 – Choosing Palliative Care
July 31, 2018 – Choosing a Doctor
July 30, 2018 – End of Life Care and Geography
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Anchor lead: Places where physicians are not comfortable talking about end of life rendered their patients more likely to receive more expensive care before death, Elizabeth Tracey reports What accounts for an almost two-fold difference in spending on end of …
July 23, 2018 – Resistant Cancer
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Anchor lead: Modeling cancers over time may help predict resistance to treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports Using cells from head and neck cancers in conjunction with a mathematical model, Johns Hopkins researchers are able to develop a timeline over which cancer …