Letter From the Editor: One Step Closer to the End of COVID

As I sat in the chair and pushed my shirt sleeve as high as possible over my “muscular” deltoid to prepare for my first dose of […]

Letter from the Editor: The Year of Living Stressfully

This is a time of year when many of us look back on the events that have unfolded over the previous 12 months, reflect, and […]

Letter From the Editor: Evolving Roles for Surgery, Systemic Agents, and Radiation

What is the role of surgery in the management of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer? This important question is explored in a review article in this […]

Letter From the Editor: Our Relationship-Intensive Field

I have heard many descriptors for the field of oncology over the years, but I must admit that when my resiliency coach referred to it as “relationship-intensive,” […]

Letter From the Editor: An Optimist or a Realist?

Before you skim past this editorial for being just another piece about COVID-19, I promise you a somewhat different take. As the pandemic continues, it has […]

Letter From the Editor: Feeling Siloed

I was out biking the other day with my daughters, passing by rolling farmland and pastures, when I pointed to a silo rising starkly in the […]

Letter From the Editor: When Fast Means Faulty

The past few months have spurred an unprecedented scientific effort to understand and address COVID-19 and the virus that causes it. We hope that improvements […]

Letter From the Editor: The Other “C” Word

There are few words that universally scare people of all ages more than the word cancer. In some cases, the person is dealing with an aggressive […]

Letter From the Editor: Outside of Our Comfort Zone

I write this letter during a time of great stress, given the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. As an oncologist, I must confess that my situation is far less […]

Letter from the Editor: What Can We Learn From Cancer Disparities?

The term disparities, or differences across a population, is frequently used to describe the variations in health associated with race, ethnicity, age, sex, education, or […]

Letter From the Editor: Arbitrary vs Rational Treatment

As I write my first post-ASH Letter From the Editor and think back to the amazing advancements seen in the world of hematology, I am struck […]

Letter From the Editor: Planning for Retirement

As physicians, we cannot help but plan for the future. In fact, our very careers are built on the promise of delayed gratification. While our […]

Letter From the Editor: Helping More Smokers to Quit

Lung cancer is currently the second most common cancer in the United States, with an estimated 228,150 new cases and 142,670 deaths in 2019, according […]

Letter From the Editor: A Noble Nobel

I was seeing patients in clinic on October 7th when I learned that the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine had been awarded to Dr […]

Letter From the Editor: How Biosimilars Affect Health Care

This issue of Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology features an interview with Dr Gary H. Lyman about a topic in health care that is increasingly […]

Letter From the Editor: Counting Stars

While returning home on a transatlantic flight and stuck in a middle seat, sandwiched between a movie watcher and a sleeper, I pondered the fact that […]

Letter from the Editor: Precise vs Imprecise Medicine

This issue of Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology includes articles that demonstrate how two opposite approaches to cancer therapy can be correct. I believe […]

Letter From the Editor: Caring for Every Patient, Learning From Every Patient

Every year, ASCO has a theme for its annual meeting, something to define the most impactful presentations and the state of oncology. In past years, […]

Letter From the Editor: The Median Isn’t the Message

In his letter last month, Dr Daniel George discussed the term “outcomes” in oncology research and how it applies to patients. One impression I was […]

Letter From the Editor: Outcomes

Outcomes: it’s a buzzword in medicine these days. Outcomes research. Patient-reported outcomes. Health-related outcomes. Plenty of terminology is focused on this word, but what does […]