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Volume 4, Number 5 (May 2007) | |||||
Letter from the Editor |
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Clinical and administrative issues: keeping current, changing hats The West Clinic, Memphis, TN As community-based oncologists, we wear many hats and must stay on top of the latest clinical data as well as practice expenses. As always, this month’s issue helps keep us abreast of new developments in both arenas.
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Original Contribution |
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Evaluating adjuvant hormonal therapy in early-stage breast cancer: a comparison of predictive decision models Methodist Hospital System, Weill Cornell University, Houston, TX In this review, the author discusses potential applications as well as limitations of two current predictive models of optimal treatment strategies for adjuvant endocrine therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor–positive, early-stage breast cancer.
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Community Translations |
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Bevacizumab: antiangiogenic success story Now recognized as the fourth modality of cancer treatment, antiangiogenic therapy has had a long and sometimes bumpy history. An update, with various viewpoints, including the perspective of the field’s leading champion and pioneer, Judah Folkman, MD. | ||||
FROM THE COMMUNITY ONCOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE West Virginia University Hospital-East, Martinsburg, WV | |||||
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PIONEER IN THE FIELD Children’s Hospital of Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | |||||
FROM THE NURSE'S PERSPECTIVE City Hospital, a member of West Virginia University Hospitals-East, Martinsburg, WV
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Economics/Practice Management |
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EMR update: part 1 The technology is now more secure and more efficient than ever, yet most oncology practices have still not joined the digital age. If you are in that boat, this article and its companion on page 316 could be the last things you need to read before taking the plunge. |
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia | |||||
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EMR update: part 2 You’ve made the decision to make the leap. Now what? In Part 2 of our report on electronic medical records, we guide you through the steps you need to take and the questions you need to ask along the way as you make this important purchase.
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Controversies in Patient Care |
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Pregnancy after breast cancer Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, and Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT Premenopausal women with breast cancer still desire pregnancy. This article focuses on their risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality. Evidence is growing that a subsequent pregnancy will not adversely affect their survival, although it is prudent to wait 2 years after diagnosis. |
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COMMENTARY The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX | |||||
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Wilshire Oncology Medical Group, Inc., La Verne, CA
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Nursing Management |
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Telephone contacts between triage nurses and cancer patients: an integral part of a community oncology practice Research Institute, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; Cancer Care Associates, Royal Oak, MI; and William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI Telephone contacts between triage nurses and patients seen in a community oncology office are an integral part of healthcare coverage. These calls focus on everyday concerns, such as pain management and chemotherapy side effects. They alert nurses to early signs of cancer recurrence. Although these telephone contacts are not a reimbursable expense, they provide a service that often helps avoid the high cost of an emergency room visit or hospitalization. |
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Wilshire Oncology Medical Group, Inc., La Verne, CA
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Washington Update |
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New legislation would add pay for planning services Legislation recently introduced in the House of Representatives would require Medicare to immediately start paying oncologists for drafting treatment plans and summaries and provide new funding for symptom management education.
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Technology |
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I hear a voice: using speech-recognition systems in community practice A computer program that can turn the specialized speech of doctors into written text is proving to be a valuable practice too.
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© 2007 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. |
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