Making Cancer Care Great Again
Michael L. Millenson, President of Health Quality Advisors LLC and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine Q: Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency included […]
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How to Control American Drug Costs
Brian Klepper PhD, Health Care Analyst, CEO of Health Value Direct and an advisor to The Lundberg Institute Q: Many newer (as well as many older) drugs are of great […]
Expanded-Compassionate Use of an Investigational Drug
Vivek Subbiah, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Investigational Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Q: You have exhausted surgical, radiation, and […]
The “Hutch” and Improving Baseball: World Series Edition
Jerald P. Radich, MD, Director of the Molecular Oncology Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, […]
How to Decide to Offer a New Lab Test
Jared N. Schwartz, MD PhD LLC Past President, College of American Pathologists; Opinions his own; Charlotte, NC. Q: Pathologists are faced with the need to set up additional lab tests […]
Preventing Hair Loss from Cancer Chemotherapy
Richard B. Schwab, MD. Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine Q: Loss of hair is a predictable adverse effect of […]
Mutational Oncology: The Basics
Vivian B. Douglas, PhD. Associate Knowledge Engineer, CollabRx San Francisco, California Q: Many mature clinicians find “Mutational Oncology” to be a bit mysterious. Please help them understand. As they pertain […]
The Most Relied Upon Journals in Precision Oncology
George Lundberg, MS, MD, ScD, MASCP, FCAP, Chief Medical Officer and Editor in Chief, CollabRx, a Rennova Health Company; Editor at Large, Medscape; Executive Adviser, Cureus; Consulting Professor of Pathology […]
Length and Quality of Life in Cancer Patient Treatment
Professor Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Surgery & Visiting Professor of Medical Humanities. University College, London, UK. Q: Although you have practiced as a surgeon in the British National Health […]
Canadian/American Cancer
Cynthia Martin, MA is a freelance/ghost writer (who tried to write a serious piece). Q: As a journalist, you are a savvy native Canadian consumer/patient who also knows a lot […]