The time relegated to being data clerks among US physicians is increasing jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Trends in Physician Electronic Health Record Time and Message Volume
This cohort study uses national electronic health record data to assess patient medical advice request message volume and the time physicians spend in the records.
jamanetwork.com
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...
Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science
The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.
time.com
New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Screening performance and characteristics of breast cancer detected in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a randomised, controlled, parallel-group, non-inferiority, ...
The findings suggest that AI contributes to the early detection of clinically relevant breast cancer and reduces screen-reading workload without increasing false positives.
thelancet.com
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
theatlantic.com
A reminder that when they examine the prostates of men who died of something else (heart attack, car accident), a HUGE percentage of men over 50 have prostate cancer and don't know even know it. We know there are a lot we don't need to treat at all. The problem is figuring out which ones.
Europa trial of RT vs ET for early stage breast cancer #SABCS24 #radonc www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Single-modality endocrine therapy versus radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in women aged 70 years and older with luminal A-like early breast cancer (EUROPA): a preplanned interim analysis of a phase 3, non-inferiority, randomised trial
Endocrine therapy was associated with a greater reduction in HRQOL, as measured by GHS, compared with radiotherapy at 24 months. While these interim results suggest radiotherapy might better preserve HRQOL in older women with low-risk early breast cancer, further data on disease control outcomes and final patient accrual are needed to draw definitive conclusions.
thelancet.com
#SABCS24 #bcsm #OncSky #RadOnc #MedSky BIG 2-04 SUPREMO: postmastectomy #radiation in int risk #breastcancer did not improve 10y overall survival, incl for node + subset. Stat sig but small ⬇️ in chest wall recurrence (2.5% -> 1.1% abs risk, NNT 63 to prevent 1 CW recurrence) @oncoalert.bsky.social
Great to present this secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial at SABCS demonstrating decreased acute toxicity with VMAT vs 3D-CRT technique for patients with breast cancer receiving PMRT/RNI! An important treatment option for our patients! @mdanderson.bsky.social @sabcs.bsky.social
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD@ibcradiation.bsky.social · 2y agoVMAT based regional nodal radiotherapy for breast cancer improved short term toxicity over 3D (retro review of a prospective trial) when IMC targeted. Longer follow up pending @mdanderson.bsky.social @chelaing.bsky.social #SABCS24
Bluesky doesn't have native "Trending" feature yet, so I put together the next best thing - a feed showing top 10 most reposted posts for the past 3 hours. See what is making rounds: bsky.app/profile/numb...
#ProstateCancer screening is complicated. Unfortunately, recommendations re: screening are confusing--to the population, to those at high risk, and to physicians, as well. Can we better coordinate our guidelines among major cancer organizations? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How Can Guidelines Give Clearer Guidance on Prostate Cancer Screening?
This Viewpoint explores how guideline groups can come together to agree on a framework that produces clear and unified recommendations.
jamanetwork.com
Everyone in medicine should read Simone’s maxims once yearly aacrjournals.org/clincancerre...
Understanding Academic Medical Centers: Simone’s Maxims1
Academic medical centers today represent a unique fusion of traditional academia, hospital functions, several levels of education, and, above all, patients. They are complex organizations trying to di...
aacrjournals.org
Most Medicare coverage for telehealth is set to end soon unless Congress acts. I reported on how this is a bad situation for the millions of people who rely on telehealth to more easily get medical care for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Congress has one month to save a key Medicare benefit
Millions of Medicare patients use telehealth—but their coverage is ending abruptly.
motherjones.com
Systematic review of radiosensitisation with bladder preserving radiotherapy. ➡️ Use a radiosensitiser wherever possible, doesn't matter which one ➡️ Highest level of evidence for #BCON & #5FUMMC 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👇🏽 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Concomitant Chemotherapy in Trimodal Treatment of Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review of Prospective Trials
For selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), trimodal therapy (TMT) incorporating transurethral resection of the tumor and chemor…
sciencedirect.com
If anyone in #radonc wants to attach the medsky label to their profile, like the post below
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
Subscribe to @medsky.social and go to the threads to find your specialty, like the post with your specialty and then you’ll get a label and your account will be added to the medsky curation list
