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- Oncologic emergencies for the internist
The complications the general internist is most likely to see and can least afford to miss.
- Managing menopause after breast cancer: Balancing risks and benefits
One of the most complex issues facing breast cancer survivors and their physicians is how to manage menopause.
- Spiral CT for lung cancer screening: Is it ready for prime time?
Although low-dose spiral CT shows promise for lung cancer screening, many questions remain.
- Treatment of ovarian cancers not of epithelial origin
Some ovarian cancers carry a prognosis quite different from that of epithelial ovarian cancer, and call for totally different treatment.
- The evolving role of hormone therapy in advanced prostate cancer
If the patient’s prostate-specific antigen level resumes rising after surgery or radiotherapy for prostate cancer, the next step is hormonal therapy.
- Regional delivery of anticancer drugs: Current applications
For some cancers, an option is to deliver anticancer drugs directly to the involved region.
- Epidural spinal cord compression in cancer patients: Diagnosis and management
With prompt treatment, 80% of patients retain the ability to walk.
- Cancer genetics for the clinician: Recommendations on screening for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
The discovery of cancer-related genes raises difficult questions for clinicians and patients.
- The genetics, screening, and treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer: An update
Recent advances have improved survival, and a new blood screening test holds promise.
- How new technology is changing mammography and breast cancer management
Improved detection now allows a tailored approach to abnormal findings.