Your sitemaster is uncertain whether to feel delighted or seriously concerned by the fact that the American Society for Medical Oncology (ASCO) has decided to issue guidelines for its members on how to communicate with patients. … READ MORE …
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There has been limited research into what fathers tell their sons (and sons tell their fathers) about prostate cancer and risk for contracting this disorder, and the degree of this risk can be complicated by a variety of factors. … READ MORE …
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In his blog post from July 4 that just came to our attention, Dr. Craig Hildreth has (once again) hit the nail right on the head. There really are some physicians with truly outstanding communication skills!
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Many readers of this blog site might find this video (or the transcript) to be informative … or just entertaining. It’s primarily intended for physicians and their support staff.
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When your sitemaster speaks to the assembled audience at the annual meeting of ASTRO this coming Sunday, one point he intends to make relates to the importance and value of clear, straightforward, high-quality communication between physicians and patients. … READ MORE …
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Your sitemaster is intimately familiar with the human capacity for denial and avoidance. As someone who has spent much of his life writing for a living, he knows all too well his capacity for avoiding some topics until he absolutely has to deal with them! … READ MORE …
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Dr. Craig Hildreth is a medical oncologist who writes a regular blog about issues related to the management of patients with cancer on the CancerNetwork web site. … READ MORE …
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Another new report on the topic of provider-patient communication and the management of prostate cancer has demonstrated the importance of information content and interpersonal relationships between patient and provider to patient satisfaction with their care. … READ MORE …
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An interesting but underpowered study just reported as a “mini-review” in BJU International gives us some (but not much) new information from Europe about the comparative expectations of urologists and prostate cancer patients around the discussion of new diagnosis and the the choice between appropriate treatment options. … READ MORE …
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The following article was just published by Ranjana Srivastava, MD, in The New England Journal of Medicine under the title “Dealing with uncertainty in a time of plenty.” … READ MORE …
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A new study just published in Urology seems to confirm facts that have previously been identified in earlier studies of how men elect to get treated for localized prostate cancer in parts of the USA with a high proportion of African American residents and relatively low income levels. … READ MORE …
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We have reported separately on a study of the long-term durability of erectile function following brachytherapy using permanent seed implantation. Other reports today address:
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