GRACE :: General » 2007

Screening for Breast Cancer vs. Lung Cancer

March 28, 2007 - 9:41 am

The American Cancer Society has just recommended that breast MRIs be performed in addition to mammograms in women who are estimated to have a lifetime risk of developing breast cancer of 25%, primarily those women with a signfiicant family history of breast cancer. The evidence on breast MRI indicates that this technique […]

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“Tags” on the Discussion Forum Posts

March 23, 2007 - 11:00 pm

With the new version of the discussion forum, there is a feature called “tagging” that is now supported. I just had these moved to the bottom of the screen on the discussion forum section because they took up a lot of the space at the top of the web page and pushed […]

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None of Us is as Smart as All of Us

March 15, 2007 - 5:15 am

In a response to a recent post, Carlos (username: ortizbazurto) noted a clinical trial that I neglected to comment on. I

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Culture Clash: Evidence-Based Medicine When We Need Miracles Fast

March 14, 2007 - 3:45 pm

Last year, one of the issues I was struck by in reading the comments on a few patient-oriented websites when I really began in earnest to participate in the online sites was the tension that can occur all too often between patients and oncologists. There are certainly many potential pitfalls, but one […]

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