Maurie Markman, MD

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Are we winning or losing the war on cancer?

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2003

The news from the cancer front is good and bad.

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Progress in preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: August 1, 2002

Our understanding of the pathophysiology of emesis has improved, and we now have drugs that can prevent acute emesis in most patients. Delayed and ...

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Assessing cancer clinical trials: Will your patient benefit from a 'breakthrough'?

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: May 1, 2002

Pick up a newspaper or turn on the news, and you will see a story about some breakthrough in cancer. So will your patients.

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Treatment of ovarian cancers not of epithelial origin

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: November 1, 2000

Some ovarian cancers carry a prognosis quite different from that of epithelial ovarian cancer, and call for totally different treatment.

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Regional delivery of anticancer drugs: Current applications

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: August 1, 2000

For some cancers, an option is to deliver anticancer drugs directly to the involved region.

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Epidural spinal cord compression in cancer patients: Diagnosis and management

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2000

With prompt treatment, 80% of patients retain the ability to walk.

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The genetics, screening, and treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer: An update

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: April 1, 2000

Recent advances have improved survival, and a new blood screening test holds promise.

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Early recognition of spinal cord compression in cancer patients

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: November 1, 1999

The only way to preserve ambulatory function in patients with spinal cord compression due to spinal metastases is to recognize and treat it early, ...

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Diagnosis and management of superior vena cava syndrome

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: January 1, 1999

The first manifestations of lung cancer or lymphoma may be due to compression of the superior vena cava.

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Why should cancer patients participate in clinical trials?

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: October 1, 1998

Primary care physicians can help their cancer patients decide whether to enter a clinical trial of an experimental treatment by frankly discussing ...

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The cruel “cancer cure” hype

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: July 1, 1998

The unrealistic hopes raised by recent news reports of an impending cure for cancer were cruel to patients.

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Cancer information and the Internet: Benefits and risks

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: May 1, 1998

The Internet has potential to educate the public about health care, but also can harm through misleading and deceptive information.

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The high cost of terminal care: Balancing conflicting goals

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: April 1, 1998

In caring for patients at the end of life, physicians are often torn by conflicting goals.

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Cancer and the mind: Separating fact from fiction

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: February 1, 1998

It is quite appropriate for physicians to encourage cancer patients to join support groups. However, these patients should not blame themselves or ...

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Assessing and minimizing reproductive risks of cancer chemotherapy

Author:: Maurie Markman, MD

Publish date: October 1, 1997

Now that more children and young adults are surviving malignant diseases, a new problem is arising: the reproductive effects of intensive chemother...