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oncology practice
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Oncologists Urged to Have Open Discussion about CAM Use with Patients
CAM use linked to higher mortality in breast cancer patients A cohort study of women with breast cancer has shown that use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in association with traditional therapies was associated with higher mortality compared with…
Cancer is Universal. Meaning is Not!
She nodded when I said cancer. Only later did I understand that she had heard something else. The consultation unfolded with clinical precision. The translation was accurate. From a professional perspective, nothing was missing. And yet everything was. When I…