Continuing our tales of California and the Beach Boys, we continue with another Californian who was an inspiring person and outstanding scientist. We always love
The summer is upon us. I realize that most of my articles have focused on research conducted in the Northeast. My cousin Simona and her
By Alfred I. Neugut This week we continue our reporting of interesting or important studies from this year’s meeting of the American Society of Clinical
Treatment adherence includes compliance with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and even surgery when they are recommended or prescribed. But for this article we focus on oral medications,
You can have the best and most effective treatments, but if patients don’t utilize them or don’t utilize them properly, things are not going to
We have previously discussed the great disputes and upheavals that occurred among breast cancer surgeons when it was argued that lesser forms of surgery could
When I was a medical student, I worked for two years in a laboratory doing research in cell culture. Naturally the main cell line I
I don’t think I have to tell the readers of this column who Martha Stewart is. She is a native of New Jersey, a graduate
Fred Li was born in Canton, China, one of five sons of a prominent World War II Chinese general. In the aftermath of the war,
A few weeks ago, I was drinking my coffee one morning while scrolling through my emails. They included my weekly table of contents from the
Two friends recently contacted me regarding second opinions for close relatives with advanced cancer. Of course, I frequently see patients for second opinions, and my
Nowadays one hears the term “disparities” described and lamented upon frequently in the comparison of outcomes between racial or ethnic groups for various diseases, including,
