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Nov 28, 2023
Women Mentoring Women: A Thank You Note to My Two Heroes
Dr. Tara Rajendran honors two women who, through their kindness and thoughtful attention, shaped her professional path from an early age.
Linda R. Duska, MD, MPH
Nov 20, 2023
The Potential of AI in Clinical Research
"We all need to stay informed and engaged on the topic of AI in order to be the best advocates for ourselves, our profession, and our patients."
International Perspectives
Nov 03, 2023
Cancer, Conflict, and Catastrophe: A Cry for Help From Sudan, a Country at War
Millions of people have been affected by the war in Sudan, and the outlook for patients with cancer is particularly dire. Dr. Nabeeha Karadawi, Dr. Salma Awad Elkareem Ali Mohamed, and Nagham Ali outline the current situation and call for immediate international aid.
Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH
Oct 24, 2023
Should Oncologists Continue to Be Ambivalent About Dietary Supplement Use by Their Patients?
If we believe that dietary supplements are active compounds—and many are—then we should deal with them as medications and advise our patients accordingly.
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Douglas W. Blayney, MD, FASCO

Douglas W. Blayney, MD, FASCO, is a medical oncologist and Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an ASCO Past President, and currently serves as a member of the CancerLinQ Physician Advisory Committee and the Cost of Cancer Task Force.

Jan 18, 2009
Clinical data, reporting and copyrights—a potentially disruptive (or facilitative) technology is on the horizon
We had a paper accepted for publication in JCO, and as a condition of publication we authors are required to transfer the copyright to ASCO, JCO's publisher. This is a similar policy to that of most scientific journals.
Jan 05, 2009
CPOE does not impact time to enter orders—a time and motion study we did
In the University of Michigan Hospital, we went live with the Eclipsys CPOE system in April 2008. My medical informatician colleague, David Hanauer, along with some industrial engineering colleagues, studied the time taken to enter orders before, shortly after, and longer after introduction of CPOE...
Jan 02, 2009
Using our Eclipsys inpatient CPOE (computerized physician order entry) system
Rounding with the housestaffIn October, I rounded on the inpatient hematology service for two weeks as the inpatient attending. I was with a heme onc fellow and a clinical pharmacist, and two teams each with a Resident, two Interns, and a medical student. The attending is the teacher as well as the...
Jan 01, 2009
"...to glimpse medicine’s digital future"
Marshfield Clinic's EHR and chronic disease management
Dec 19, 2008
EHR should offer information at the point-of-care (and the point of care may move!)
Information at the Point of Care. (I write this while I'm on vacation, four hours from my home and office). My new patient last week was sent by her oncologist in northern Michigan for an opinion regarding his suspicion that she had Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent within a year after her primary...
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Dec 18, 2008
Industries moving away from paper transactions—examples from this week
Three recent examples of industries which are moving from paper-based transactions into the online world:Newspapers moving from print to online

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