Letter From the Editor: The Best Medicine

When was the last time you laughed? I mean not just a chuckle, but a real belly laugh, where you’re truly out of control of your […]

Letter from the Editor: The Too-Typical Clinical Conundrum

In the March issue, I wrote about a patient who had a lot to teach me about life. This month, I am writing about a different […]

Letter From the Editor: The New Normal

The other day in clinic, a patient asked me if I would give her a hug. I thought about it for a moment; we had both […]

Letter From the Editor: It’s the Path that Matters

All physicians have certain patients who make an impression on them. I currently am taking care of an extraordinary 85-year-old woman who has already taught me […]

Letter from the Editor: A Test of Trust

I cannot think of a factor more important in the doctor-patient relationship than trust. In my 23 years of practice as an oncologist, I also cannot […]

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 […]