Breast Cancer Study Shows No Benefit In Extensive Lymph Node Removal
Today’s Times leads with a story on surgical removal of lymph nodes in women with breast cancer. The dramatic digital headline, Lymph Node Study Shakes Pillar of Breast Cancer Care, made me tremble at...
View ArticleMore News On Lymph Nodes and Breast Cancer Surgery
Last week the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) printed a major research article on lymph node dissection in breast cancer surgery. When I first saw the Times’ recent headline, I thought it would...
View ArticleThe Flip Side of Unrealistic Optimism
Last week, Pauline Chen wrote on medical ethics and clinical trials. She reflects on her training at a cancer research hospital, where some cancer patients go with unrealistic optimism. Like Dr. Chen,...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Stats: Notes from the 2012 ACS Report, and a Key Question
Earlier this month, the ACS released its annual report on Cancer Facts and Figures. The document, based largely on analyses of SEER data from the NCI, supports that approximately 229,000 adults in the...
View ArticleWhy Hurricanes Remind Me of Patient Care
Last week, Tropical Storm Isaac started tracking toward the Gulf of Mexico. As usual, the prediction models offered varying forecasts. Nonetheless, by this weekend a consensus emerged that the...
View ArticleA Theoretical Note to My Students, On a Breast Cancer Case and Future Learning
Last week my students – who are, necessarily, abstracted here – studied breast cancer. How the course goes is that we meet in a small group and, each week, work through a case by Problem Based...
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