HCPLive | The American Journal of Managed Care | Pharmacy Times | OTCGuide.net | Politics | ONCLive | Medgadget | EchoJournal
KevinMD | Medical Smartphones | Medicine and Technology | Mobile Health Computing | Non-Clinical Medical Jobs, Careers, and Opportunities

You may type link codes into the search box above.
Register   |   Login
 
 
 
 
Article Tools:
Bookmark and Share
The Women's Cancer Blog
Monday, March 8th, 2010
One of the dilemmas facing oncologists is what to do when a patient with breast cancer asks "should I get the other breast removed?".



Monday, March 1st, 2010
The first results of bevacizumab in the adjuvant treatment of ovarian cancer were just released by the drug makers, Genentech/Roche.



Friday, February 19th, 2010
As someone who treats women with cancer, I am always struck by the number of women who complain of short-term memory loss after chemotherapy. There is no doubt it is a real concern, but the characterization and diagnosis of what is commonly called chemobrain is not easy.



Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Results from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2009 show that at 5 years, more than 80% of women treated with adjuvant trastuzumab on the NCCTG trial are still disease free.



Friday, January 15th, 2010
As a follow-up to my recent post regarding new screening guidelines, I’ve been given permission to deliver the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) position statement.



Monday, November 30th, 2009
Recently, two groups released new guidelines that may affect breast cancer and cervical screening in women.





Article Tools:
Bookmark and Share


Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP
Dr. Dizon is a medical oncologist specializing in women's cancers. He takes care of both breast and gynecologic cancers and has interests in new treatments, survivorship, and sexuality, and is Director of Medical Oncology at the Program in Women's Oncology at Women and Infants hospital of Rhode Island. He is also an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Internal Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
The Women's Cancer Blog
Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP
This blog will focus on new developments in these fields as reported from national meetings and publications to bring a non-physician perspective to the revolution ongoing in the diagnosis and management of women's oncology.

 
   

Intellisphere, LLC l 666 Plainsboro Road, Building 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 l P 609-716-7777 l F 609-716-4747

Copyright ©MDNG 2006-2010
Intellisphere, LLC
All Rights Reserved