Oncology

  • Leukoplakia of the tongue
    Keiichi Ohta, DDS and Hitoshi Yoshimura, DDS, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 133-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19087

    This potentially premalignant lesion is found mostly in middle-aged and older men who smoke.

  • Endoscopic ultrasonography: An inside view
    Endoscopic ultrasonography: An inside view
    C. Roberto Simons-Linares, MD, Praneet Wander, MD, John Vargo, MD and Prabhleen Chahal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 175-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19003

    Endoscopic ultrasonography has evolved from a diagnostic tool to a therapeutic procedure for a wide range of conditions.

  • Barrett esophagus: Definition, treatment
    Shih-Wei Lai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.02001
  • In reply: Barrett esophagus: Definition, treatment
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Vedha Sanghi, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 75-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.02002
  • Colorectal cancer screening
    Mark R. Goldstein, MD, FACP, Luca Mascitelli, MD and Zakia H. Rauf, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 774; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.12001
  • Colorectal cancer screening
    Joseph B. Weiss, MD, Nancy S. Cetel, MD and Danielle E. Weiss, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 774-776; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.12002
  • In reply: The authors reply
    Carol A. Burke, MD, Gautam Mankaney, MD and Richard Andrew Sutton, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2019, 86 (12) 776-777; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.12003
  • Atraumatic splenic rupture in acute myeloid leukemia
    Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 715-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19042

    Atraumatic splenic rupture is rare but potentially life-threatening, especially if the diagnosis is delayed.

  • Severe hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old woman
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Zeeshan Zafar, MD, MBA and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 719-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18126

    Her calcium level was 18.4 mg/dL; 6 months earlier it had been 9.6. What was the cause?

  • Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Vedha Sanghi, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 724-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18106

    Risk factors: reflux symptoms > 5 years, male sex, age > 50, white race, central obesity, and smoking.

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