New approaches to cancer treatment are in the spotlight after an annual meeting of oncologists in the U.S. CBC Radio medical columnist Dr. Peter Lin explains what recent cities have found.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7223353?cmp=rss
ATTENTION #CANCERPATIENTS & #oncologists
Why settle for a "one-size-fits-all" treatment when your cancer's genetic signature is unique to you? Personalized oncology is reducing trial-and-error, minimizing toxic side effects, and targeting treatments to your specific biology. Learn why personalized care is the future on Blogspot:
https://soniyalopez2025.blogspot.com/2026/01/top-benefits-of-personalized-oncology.html
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Killing Time: Cancer Research Stalled - Dom D Agostino and Peter Attia
#Oncologists share 15 surprising things they personally do (and don't do) to prevent #cancer
"Adding to a six-figure base salary, his pay was calculated by the number of relative value units, or RVUs, he billed on behalf of the hospital. The system compensates doctors using weighted values for certain types of visits or treatment. It works like this: A doctor might be paid $100 per RVU. A routine physical might be equal to 1 RVU, or $100; a more complicated and time-consuming procedure like radiation therapy might equal 8 RVUs, or $800. In other words, the more patient visits and treatments a doctor bills to insurance, the more that doctor and the hospital earn. Weiner described this system, which is common in American medicine, as 'eat what you kill.'"
https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology
The #experts #oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent #cancer
Cancer doctors know better than anyone how you can give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding a disease that one in two of us will get. Here, they share the tips that they live by
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/11/the-experts-oncologists-on-the-simple-doable-everyday-things-they-do-to-try-to-prevent-cancer