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What Humans Can Learn From A Simple Kiss At a basic level, kissing is a biohazard. What is love then, if not the willingness to expose yourself to a host of nasty diseases lurking in your partner’s...
View Article0 comments Cancer group releases Top 5 list of tests and treatments that...
Cancer group releases Top 5 list of tests and treatments that doctors should avoid in some cases Performing a prostate-specific antigen, or PSA test for prostate cancer screening in men with no...
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Talking with Patients about Other Clinicians’ Errors You are a young neurologist practicing in a small hospital. You admit a 55-year-old woman with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus who had an...
View ArticleFDA OKs Ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for Mantle Cell Lymphoma
FDA OKs Ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for Mantle Cell Lymphoma The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved ibrutinib (Imbruvica, Pharmacyclics, Janssen Biotech), a “breakthrough” drug for mantle...
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Using Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Metrics for Physician Incentive Compensation Abstract Purpose: To demonstrate the use of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Oncology...
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