Category: Heme/Onc

Clinical Correlations


Breaking News: USPSTF Recommends Against Routine Screening for Colorectal Cancer After Age 75

Breaking News Heme/Onc 1 min read

Commentary by Andrew McKinstry MD, PGY-1 (reviewed by Michael Poles, MD, Associate Editor Clinical Correlations, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology)

Hot on the heels of its recommendation in August against routine screening for prostate cancer in men over 75, the US Preventive Services Task Force has issued recommendations against routine …

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Breaking News: USPSTF Issues New Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines

Commentary by Cara Litvin MD, Executive Editor, Clinical Correlations

The US Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Monday.  For the first time, the task force recommends AGAINST routine screening in patients over 75 years of age, citing the “moderate to substantial” harms over small to no benefits from screening. …

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Neutropenic Precautions Demystified

Heme/Onc ID 5 min read

800px-pseudomonas.jpgCommentary by Rachana Jani MD, PGY-1 and Neal Steigbigel MD, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases/Immunology)

Rachana Jani MD:  Walking onto an oncology floor, one cannot help but notice the precautionary signs that segregate these …

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