By Antonella Surbone MD PhD and Jerome Lowenstein MD
The recent hearings at the Food and Drug Administration regarding the revocation of approval for the use of Avastin in the treatment of breast cancer [1,2,3] bring into sharp focus several very …
Category: Heme/Onc
Clinical Correlations
Should My Patient with a Solid Tumor be Anticoagulated in the Absence of Venous Thromboembolism?
September 8, 2011
By David Altszuler, Class of 2012
Faculty Peer Reviewed
An empiric association between occult malignancy and thrombophlebitis has been recognized since Trousseau first reported the syndrome in 1865.[1] The mechanism by which cancer predisposes to thrombophilia has not been fully elucidated; however, …
Low Dose Vitamin K Supplementation and Anticoagulation Control
July 21, 2011
By Joanna Becker
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Patients who are placed on long-term warfarin (Coumadin) therapy are sent home with a lengthy list of restrictions to minimize variations in warfarin efficacy. The agents that can alter warfarin levels can be divided …
From The Archives: Myths and Realities: Do Power Lines Cause Cancer?
April 14, 2011
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted May 20, 2009
By Aditya Mattoo, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Prompted by personal experience, I thought I …
From The Archives: The Skinny on Cachexia…Can it be Treated?
March 24, 2011 
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted April 22, 2009
Michael T. Tees, MD, MPH
On the wards and in the clinic, the physician …
Medicine by the Numbers: Blood Count
March 4, 2011
By Michael Ford, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
2.65 x 10[13]
# of erythrocytes in circulation, assuming Hematocrit 45%[1]
120
Lifespan in days of an erythrocyte[2]
2.5 million
# of new erythrocytes produced each second to replace dying cells†
5.3 …
Erythrocyte Index
February 10, 2011
By Michael Ford, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Blood Count”
2.65 x 10[13]
# of erythrocytes in circulation, assuming Hematocrit 45%[1]
120
Lifespan in days of an …
Medicine By Numbers
January 21, 2011
How to Counsel a Patient on Prostate Cancer Screening in 5 Minutes
By Caprice Cadacio, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A good screening test is relatively inexpensive and noninvasive. …