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New BRCA recommendations: What primary care doctors must know

Learn more about the USPSTF’s broadened guidance on women who can benefit from genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.

Population Health
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Mayo Clinic’s cancer telerehab program boosts quality of life 

A telerehabilitation program yielded improvements in cancer patients’ pain and function, showing the power of relatively low-tech interventions. 

Digital
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7 complex words you shouldn’t include on your consent form

A study finds that less than 10% of cancer treatment consent forms meet the National Cancer Institute’s readability recommendation. The forms also commonly include these hard-to-understand words.

Ethics
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How to ease a terminal patient’s stress with earlier end-of-life care talks

Studies of a communication intervention for patients with advanced cancer showed it reduced anxiety and depression. Researchers suggest takeaways.

Ethics
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AMA presents government service award to director of Alaska Native Epidemiology Center

The AMA presented Dr. Ellen Provost with the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Public Service.

Press Releases
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AMA presents government service award to NCI physician

The AMA presented Steven Rosenberg, MD, with the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service for his development of new effective cancer treatments.

Press Releases
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Therapeutic pathways embedded in EHR to improve cancer care

Health and Human Services advisory panel endorses oncology alternative payment model that uses EHR-embedded therapeutic and diagnostic pathways.

Payment & Delivery Models
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How prior authorization hobbles breast cancer care

Research finds that prior-authorization requirements put as many as 17 process steps and 10 decision points between a breast cancer patient and the medications she needs.

Prior Authorization
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AMA statement on Nobel Prize in Medicine

AMA congratulates the Nobel Prize in Medicine winners on their extraordinary breakthroughs in the fight against cancer.

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