Oncology

  • Prostate cancer screening and the role of PSA: A UK perspective
    Prasanna Sooriakumaran, MD, PhD, FRCSUrol, FEBU
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 14-16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20164

    We advocate PSA screening for all middle-aged men, especially if they have risk factors.

  • Prostate cancer: To screen or not to screen? The question is complicated
    Timothy Gilligan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 17-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20192

    Prostate cancer screening is controversial due to the complexity of harms and benefits.

  • A patient with breast cancer and a rash on her hands and feet
    Jonathan Stewart, BS, Grace U. Salacup, MD and Kevin Bryan Uy Lo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 22-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20020

    She had completed her third cycle of chemotherapy 3 days earlier.

  • Fever in a lung transplant recipient
    Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

    A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

  • Trousseau sign and syndrome: Erroneous terms
    Steven Yale, MD, MACP, Halil Tekiner, PhD, Joseph Mazza, MD and Eileen Scott Yale, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10002

    Trousseau never described a constellation of symptoms in this disease.

  • In Reply: Trousseau sign and syndrome: Erroneous terms
    Satish S. Maharaj, MD, Michael Omar, MBBS, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Simone Chang, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10003

    Trousseau sign should continue to be taught and recognized on physical examination.

  • 5-Fluorouracil–induced encephalopathy
    Yudai Yano, MD and Akira Kuriyama, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 532-533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19126

    A woman on chemotherapy for rectal cancer presents with mental status changes.

  • Polypoid melanoma mistaken for verruca vulgaris
    Andrea Tan, MD, Daniel Gutierrez, MD, Nooshin K. Brinster, MD and Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 534-536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19079

    Polypoid melanoma is highly aggressive and often misdiagnosed.

  • Should women with HPV-related noncervical cancers be considered at high risk for cervical cancer?
    Suneela Vegunta, MD and Margaret E. Long, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 541-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19145

    Yes. Lacking guidelines, close surveillance is prudent.

  • The HPV vaccine: Understanding and addressing barriers to vaccination
    Pelin Batur, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 545-548; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20082

    Key steps include optimizing clinician-patient communication.

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