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Heather Leitch, MD, PhD, St. Paul’s Hospital
Heather Yeo, MD, MHS
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There's an App for That: Keeping Patients and Physicians on Track

In a pilot study, funded by both the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and The Center for Advanced Digestive Care, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are testing a new mobile app that could help transform postoperative patient monitoring.

Heiko Enderling, PhD
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Modeling T-Cell Trafficking to Increase the Likelihood of Radiation-Induced Abscopal Effects

The combination of radiation and immunotherapy is currently enjoying unprecedented attention as a treatment strategy for patients with metastatic cancer.

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, FACP, USC Center for Molecular Pathway
Heinz Ludwig, MD, Wilhelminen Cancer Research Institute
Helen Foley, MSN, AOCNS, Case Western
Helen Foley, MSN, AOCNS®
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Preparing Nurses for Advanced Practice in Oncology and Palliative Care

Barbara Daly, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Helen Foley, MSN, AOCNS®, offer highlights of their institution's oncology and palliative care program, which successfully prepares graduates to assume advanced practice roles in these important areas.

Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
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Controversies and Clinical Trials for DCIS: Margins and Active Surveillance

The management of ductal carcinoma in situ is one of the most controversial areas in breast cancer management.

Henry M. Kuerer, MD of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS, CMQ

Henry M. Kuerer, MD, is a Professor and Executive Director Breast Programs, MD Anderson Cancer Network, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

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Dr Kuerer on the Safety, Feasibility of Omitting Surgery in Select Patients With HER2+, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS, CMQ, discusses the feasibility of eliminating surgery in select patients with a pCR after neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

Herbert I. Hurwitz, MD, Duke University Medical Center
Hervé Dombret, MD, Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie
Hollings Cancer Center
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New Discovery Enhances Understanding of Colorectal Cancer

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers discovered a novel mechanism showing how a certain gene mutation can allow tumors to evade detection by the immune system in colorectal cancer patients.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, Her UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hope S. Rugo, MD, UC
Hope S. Rugo, MD, UCSF
Hope S. Rugo, MD, University of California
Hope S. Rugo, MD, University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hope S. Rugo, MD, University of CaliforniaChristy A. Russell, MD, University of Southern California
Hospital
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Howard Hochster, MD, FACP, Rutgers Cancer Institute
Howard I. Scher, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Howard Jack West, MDest, MD
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E-patients: The Genie is Out of the Bottle

Melissa received a metastatic lung cancer diagnosis just a few weeks after celebrating her 40th birthday. Within hours of hearing her diagnosis from her primary care physician, she started searching the Internet about her disease and what to expect in terms of treatments.

Howard Kaufman, MD
Howard L. Kaufman, MD, FACS,
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The Search for Immune-Specific Biomarkers Is in Full Swing

An improved understanding of how the immune system recognizes and eradicates cancer cells, along with advances in drugs that effectively promote antitumor immune responses, is revolutionizing the field of cancer therapy.

Howard L. Kaufman, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Howard Levine, PharmD, Queens Medical Associates
Howard S. Hochster, MD, FACP, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Howard S. Hochster, MD, Yale Cancer Center
Howard W. Follis, MD
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EHRs in the Urology Office

The implementation of electronic health records to replace paper charts in urology practices is a recent phenomenon that is picking up some serious momentum.