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Featured Bloggers

Below are links to some of our more frequent bloggers, including their latest blog posts and other contributions:

Frederic W. Grannis, Jr., MD
Rebecca Bechhold, MD
David Eagle, MD
Craig R. Hildreth, MD
Paul R. Helft, MD
Richard Rosenbluth, MD

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Be on Time

10 Ways Doctors and Patients Can Avoid Hating Each Other

Rebecca Bechhold, MD
Blog | February 13, 2015
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This series of cartoons features 10 tips to improve the chance of having successful doctor-patient relationships and avoid hating each other.

Don’t Legislate Me

Rebecca Bechhold, MD
Blog | February 06, 2015 | End-of-Life Care, Practice & Policy
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I do not want politicians passing laws to tell us how to practice. The legislative process cannot keep pace with changes in medicine.

Adoption of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Aaron Falchook, MD
Blog | January 28, 2015 | Breast Cancer, Radiation Oncology
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The benefit of hypofractionated radiotherapy for women receiving breast-conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer is becoming more apparent.

A Lung Cancer Screening “Shared Decision-Making” Session

Frederic W. Grannis, Jr, MD
Blog | January 16, 2015 | Screening, Lung Cancer
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This one-act play features a patient, former smoker, navigating the CMS rules for lung cancer CT screening in a shared decision-making session with his doctor.

You Never Forget Your First Radiologist

Katherine O’Brien
Blog | January 14, 2015
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The radiologist could not have known exactly what was in store for me, but it obviously wasn’t good. Couldn’t he have dredged up even a nanoparticle of empathy

7 Tips for a Successful First Visit to Your Oncologist

Craig R. Hildreth, MD
Blog | January 08, 2015
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Here are some tips and suggestions to help transform a patient's initial consultation with their oncologist into a productive relationship.

Bladder Cancer: Mortality, Morbidity, and QoL After Treatment

Aaron Falchook, MD
Blog | December 31, 2014 | Bladder Cancer, Genitourinary Cancers
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While observation may be appropriate for select cases where prognosis is poor, rates of non-treatment are unacceptably high in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

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