Patricia McKnight

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Minimal Risks With SBRT in Stage I NSCLC

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: September 27, 2024

Researchers explored toxicity and 90-day mortality outcomes in patients who received SBRT.

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Oncology Practice and Lab to Pay $4 Million in Kickback Case

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: April 8, 2024

The DOJ claims payments for referring biopsies constituted illegal kickbacks under the Anti-Kickback Statute.

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Active Surveillance for Cancer Doesn’t Increase Malpractice Risk

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: April 1, 2024

Researchers identify malpractice trends involving active surveillance related to thyroid, prostate, kidney, and

ASTRO Pushes Return to Direct Supervision in RT: Needed or ‘Babysitting’?

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: March 13, 2024

But some radiation oncologists do not agree with the proposal to move back to direct in-person supervision only.

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How the Change Healthcare Cyberattack Affects Oncology Care

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: March 7, 2024

After a ransomware attack, Change Healthcare disconnected its online systems, and physicians have had to implement workarounds.

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Female CRC survivors may experience long-term GI symptoms

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: August 9, 2023

“Our findings shed light on the importance of psychosocial support as well as lifestyle interventions (specifically nutritional management) in mana...

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Fatalities from breast cancer have ‘improved substantially’

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: August 1, 2023

Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to become long-term survivors of the disease now than they were 20 years a...

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Oral cancer drugs requiring prior authorization on the rise

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: July 27, 2023

“Utilization management may be appropriate for some oncology drugs, such as those approved with provisional evidence of efficacy.”

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How staging laparoscopy informs pancreatic cancer care

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: July 20, 2023

“Staging laparoscopy should be considered in the majority of patients prior to resection and/or initiation of neoadjuvant therapy.”

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FDA pilot program aims to reduce risk of diagnostic tests for cancer

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: June 30, 2023

The agency has “become increasingly concerned that some tests made by laboratories and not authorized by the FDA may not provide accurate and relia...

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DEI training gives oncology fellows more confidence

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: June 22, 2023

Only 2%-3% of practicing oncologists are Black or Hispanic/Latino, says Yale Cancer Center doctor.

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Phone support helps weight loss in patients with breast cancer

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: June 4, 2023

After 6 months, patients who received telephone coaching and health education lost 9.7 pounds.

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Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: June 4, 2023

Results of a new study were particularly notable for Black patients, for whom there was a consistent increase in receiving therapy and a decrease i...

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ASCO updates treatment guidelines for anxiety and depression

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: May 4, 2023

Since the last guidelines were published, screening and assessment for depression and anxiety have improved, and a large new evidence base has emer...

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The next big thing in cancer research

Author:: Patricia McKnight

Publish date: May 2, 2023

Despite significant progress, there is still a lot of work to do.