Oncology Ny
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Letter Comparative Study
More on surgery vs radiation for localized prostate cancer.
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The risk of contracting AIDS and hepatitis through blood transfusions has decreased over the past few years, thanks to a growing awareness of their natures and improved methods of blood screening. Testing blood donors for HIV antibody has greatly reduced the possibility of acquiring transfusion-associated AIDS. Routine use of ALT and anti-HBc testing will reduce the changes of hepatitis. And accepting blood only from CMV-negative donors can help prevent transfusion-associated CMV infections in susceptible recipients.
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In the patient with advanced cancer, effective symptom control requires a multidisciplinary, multimodal approach. Considerations involved in the control of pain can serve as a model for management of other symptoms, such as anorexia and dyspnea, as well.
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Identifying the cancer patient who is at increased risk for suicide is the first step in prevention, and allows for appropriate psychosocial interventions to be initiated. The author presents a list of vulnerability factors that contribute to high suicide potential.
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The National Hospice Study of 1986 has not only revealed that hospices do a better job of meeting pain-control goals than do hospitals, but also elucidated a number of important differences in hospice and hospital care that account for this finding.