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Noorchashm: “Biopsy your tumors”—with failed fibroid guidelines, gynecologists might as well be reading tea leaves
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Noorchashm: “Biopsy your tumors”—with failed fibroid guidelines, gynecologists might as well be reading tea leaves

I write, again, compelled by emerging scientific facts regarding a serious systemic error of negligence on the part of the main American gynecological societies, AAGL and ACOG, and their member practitioners—though the problem I highlight here also affects overseas gynecological counterparts, specifically the RCOG in the United Kingdom.
Reducing re-excisions
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Reducing re-excisions
How intraoperative 3-D specimen tomosynthesis ensures fewer repeat breast cancer surgeries

This year in the United States, nearly 270,000 women will receive the devastating news that they have breast cancer. Many will choose breast-conserving surgery, commonly referred to as lumpectomy, wherein the surgeon seeks to remove the malignant tumor, while also preserving as much healthy breast tissue as possible.
Measures to improve clinical trial enrollment: Marshfield Clinic Cancer Care and research approach
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Measures to improve clinical trial enrollment: Marshfield Clinic Cancer Care and research approach
Part II of a two-part series

It is estimated that, each year, as few as 2–3% of cancer patients enter clinical trials. In part I of this series, we discussed four key barriers to participation: physician barriers, protocol barriers, research team barriers, and insurance barriers. In part II, we will look at solutions to these barriers and how to implement them in the clinical setting.