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The "try-everything tactic" appears to bring meaningful improvements in some cancer patients, but the approach comes with caveats, according to a Feb. 14 article in Nature.

While other physician specialties have seen a decline in burnout, oncologists are reporting slightly higher rates of burnout.

Uterine cancer diagnosis and mortality rates both continue to increase, according to the latest data from the American Cancer Society. It is also the only cancer for which survival rates have continuously fallen over the last 40 years.

Rohinton Morris, MD, chief of the cardiothoracic surgery division at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, will become Tower Health's cardiothoracic surgery chief on April 15. 

For Shelley Miyamoto, MD, there were two reasons to become a cardiologist: The mentors she encountered during residency who inspired her and the physiology of the heart.

For many, recent headlines on cancer rates rising among younger adults have been jarring. But those working in oncology have had their eyes on worrisome trends for more than a decade.  

The Association of Black Cardiologists is recruiting clinicians for a new certification program it launched in December related to hypertension management. The aim is to increase culturally conscious care for patient populations that are more likely to be diagnosed with the…

The longer an unconscious patient receives CPR, the worse their chances are for survival and good outcomes in general, according to a study published Feb. 7 in the British Medical Journal.

Healthgrades released its rankings of the top hospitals for coronary intervention; only 10 states met the requirements to have hospitals ranked in the speciality.

The investigation into a possible cancer cluster at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health will continue after the air quality inspection came back clean.