Oncology
- Disparities in cervical cancer in African American women: What primary care physicians can do
African American women are disproportionately affected, but equal access to care may eliminate most of the disparity.
- Cervical cancer in African American women: Optimizing prevention to reduce disparities
Primary care providers play a crucial role in cancer control, including screening and follow-up.
- Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma presenting as retinal hemorrhage
New-onset blurred vision should prompt a comprehensive history and physical examination.
- Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy: Uncommon presentation of lung cancer
The patient presented with bilateral ankle joint pain, swelling of the ankles and wrists, and digital clubbing.
- Which patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should undergo liver biopsy?
Patients should undergo biopsy to guide management and prognosis if suspected of having steatohepatitis or fibrosis.
- Life after breast, prostate, and colon cancer: Primary care’s role
When patients survive cancer, they eventually come back to their primary care physician—with special needs.
- ERAAs for menopause treatment: Welcome the ‘designer estrogens’
These drugs stimulate estrogen receptors in some tissues and inhibit them in others, enabling tailored treatment.
- A large mass in the right ventricle: Tumor or thrombus?
A 69-year-old woman with ovarian cancer presents with worsening dyspnea, lower-extremity edema, and dizziness.