Search results for "Cancer"
Oncologist optimistic about latest cancer treatments
Oncologist Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD, is excited about the current state of targeted cancer therapies, the topic of his Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 session, and he wants internists to share his enthusiasm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/06/4.htm
6 May 2015
October 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/
Majority of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic cancer may think chemotherapy curative
Large majorities of patients with metastatic lung and colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy believe the treatment might be curative, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/31/1.htm
31 Oct 2012
July 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Surgery for malignant small bowel obstruction did not reduce 90-day mortality
A comparison in which some patients with malignant small bowel obstruction were randomized and some chose between surgery and nonsurgical management found no difference in mortality between treatments, but surgery was associated with more symptom improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/surgery-for-malignant-small-bowel-obstruction-did-not-reduce-90-day-mortality.htm
9 Aug 2023
A collection of individual cases
Other cases examine squamous-cell carcinoma of the gallbladder and vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/bc.htm
15 Nov 2013
Noninvasive cardiac testing in the ED leads to increased lengths of stay with no clinical improvement
The study of patients who presented to EDs with chest pain but had negative biomarkers and a nonischemic electrocardiogram found that 88% underwent coronary computed tomographic angiography or stress testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/2.htm
22 Nov 2017
Subsegmental pulmonary embolism
An example patient with sickle cell disease provides a lesson in diagnosing subsegmental pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/expert-analysis-subsegmental-pulmonary-embolism.htm
15 Feb 2019
Individual case: Follicular thyroid cancer
A patient presented with sore throat, neck pain, trouble swallowing, and recent weight loss.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/brief-case-individual-thyroid-cancer.htm
15 Nov 2019
Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital: Trainee Edition
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with cocaine abuse, the Sister Mary Joseph nodule as presentation of advanced malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, and other cases are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/bc.htm
15 May 2013