Identifying Castleman disease can be challenging, and diagnosis is a multistep process. This series covers common difficulties in detecting and screening for Castleman. Start learning: https://ow.ly/qs6150QJoLe #RareDiseaseDay #CastlemanDisease #Hematology #Oncology #MedEd
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For many years, physicians have been treating #multiplesclerosis (MS) with an "escalation" approach. This has typically meant starting patients on a mild-moderately effective disease-modifying therapy (DMT) until symptoms and/or imaging reveal disease breakthrough activity. At that point, treatment is often escalated to a higher-efficacy DMT. Now, many clinicians have shifted to a so-called "early aggressive" treatment approach in which they initially start patients on a higher-efficacy DMT. My latest in my year-long series for @MedPageToday. Medical Journeys: MS.
Early Aggressive Treatment May Work Best in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis
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Knowledge is power… Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is not only often under diagnosed but also mistreated! Learn the facts #pad #limbsalvage #amputation
PAD is more deadly than most forms of cancer, yet most people do not even know about it. Public awareness, early diagnosis and treatment are very important!! #PAD, #PeripheralArteryDisease, #CLI, #CLTI
Get a Pulse on PAD
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What do patients really think about Patient Support Programs (PSPs)? If you're delivering therapies in #oncology #diabetes #IBD #arthritis #autoimmune #dermatology etc. and think you know what your #patients think, then... THINK AGAIN. Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance actually asked patients. Are the answers that patients give to patients the same as they give to providers? Find out during this eye-opening FREE webinar presented by Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance #patientsupportprogram #psp
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Just a few days to go until #ASCO24! Looking forward to meeting and discussing HCP medical education during the congress. If you're interested in arranging to meet and learn how we reach our global HCP audience, don't hesitate to get in touch (no pun intended). See you in Chicago! 😎 #cme #ime #medicaleducation #networking #oncology #medcomms #scicomms #medicalaffairs #scientificaffairs #meded #haematology
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The sometimes competing needs and dynamics at play when patients are searching for answers and guidance: "Medicine does not like elusiveness and subjectivity, so doctors in conversation with patients often direct them to what is measurable and objective (statistics, treatment regimens, etc)." Though a small study, this is a fascinating read on the professional, social and emotional dynamics of physicians who become oncology patients: https://lnkd.in/gs7uEZP9 Chmielewska-Ignatowicz et al (2024) shed light on the mental models that the practice of medicine has instilled in physicians that they may take to their own role as an oncology patient. A conclusion: "The need to assuage anxiety and maintain hope, to build a proper relationship with an attending physician guiding the entire treatment process, and the need to put common knowledge over scientific knowledge—however, trivial it may sound—indicates that, when confronted with cancer, a doctor-patient has the same strong emotional needs as the patient who is not a doctor." #PatientEducation #CME #Medsoc
Patient Experience in Neoplastic Disease in Light of the Statements of Doctors Who Are Oncological Patients - Tomira Chmielewska-Ignatowicz, Urszula Religioni, Mariola Borowska, Jakub Pawlikowski, Artur Białoszewski, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Piotr Merks, 2024
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Which generations are at highest risk of cancer? New study looks at rates for 17 types https://lnkd.in/gttVKhi4
Which generations are at highest risk of cancer? New study looks at rates for 17 types
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📈 How have treatments for multiple myeloma evolved? 📺 In this video, hear insights from Rafat Abonour, MD, of the Indiana University School of Medicine, who discusses what nurses should know about the recently expanded indication for ide-cel in multiple myeloma, the KarMMa-3 trial, and more. ➡️ Watch: https://buff.ly/3zkJB3q #mmsm
Rafat Abonour, MD, on the Expanded Indication for Ide-Cel in Myeloma | Cancer Nursing Today
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Clinical value of semi-quantitative parameters in 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in treatment and diagnostics of cranial meningioma in a single-center retrospective analysis https://lnkd.in/e_sayhmd #EJNMMI Reports
Clinical value of semi-quantitative parameters in 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT in treatment and diagnostics of cranial meningioma in a single-center retrospective analysis - EJNMMI Reports
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May is #SkinCancer Awareness Month 📣 And we are passionate about bringing you the latest news & updates 🎥 🗞️ "In PD1-refractory #melanoma the field of early-stage is changing roughly to a #neoadjuvant setting where we've got the advantage of testing out the #tumorsensitivity to preoperative treatment usually with ICI in which either as a single agent or double head treatment and we can demonstrate if the treatment is working through #clinical as well as #pathological indicators of response. What we know from the early evidence is that patients who experience a good #clinical as well as #pathologicalresponse are likely to have a more durable response so this is likely to change practice moving forward." 🧫 💡 Hear more from Adnan Khattak, MBBS, FRACP, Royal Perth Hospital 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezbm3AJR #VJOncology #SkinCancerAwarenessMonth
Novel advances in PD-1 refractory melanoma - VJOncology
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🤔 Should patients have to wait anxiously for an appointment that only serves to give good news? We know that many of our specialists use our ‘Advice & Guidance’ feature to quickly respond to GPs and patients about non-urgent referrals. One important use case is when a GP makes an incidental finding on imaging or pathology, and a referral is sent to a specialist to investigate this further. Typically, time would first be spent making the appointment and freeing up schedules to attend it. Leading up to the appointment, the patient and their carers will be understandably anxious and unnecessarily so; They would simply be told the good news that this is just an incidental finding. Consultmed’s Advice & Guidance feature allows for asynchronous, secure communication back to the referrer. In this use case, immediate advice that the finding is normal would be communicated immediately and securely to the GP, saving valuable time, as well as unnecessary anxiety. 🗞️🗞️Check the link below to read Dr Pam Rachootin’s article! https://lnkd.in/gVySxbuc
We should not make patients wait for an appointment before breaking good news
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