Many studies to date have demonstrated that physicians may benefit from further instruction on both the importance and guidelines of cancer screening. Furthermore, it has been suggested that efforts to deliver additional training during medical school and residency may establish practicing patterns that continue throughout the physician’s career. Before development of these educational efforts, baseline [...]

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There were 190 (response rate 77.6%) physicians-in-training who participated in the study. Demographic data for physicians-in-training are displayed in Table 2. Figure 2 and 3 demonstrate method A and method В for incidence and mortality for each training group. The numeric values are demonstrated in Tables 3 and 4. Figure 2 displays the extremely low [...]

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INTRODUCTION Annually, over 500,000 Americans are expected to succumb to cancer, making malignancy the second most frequent cause of death in this country. As more evidence emerges on the impact of early cancer detection, the attention of clinicians is being increasingly drawn to cancer screening. Medical and surgical efforts at achieving “cure” are often dependent [...]

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Diagnosis of cancer during pregnancy is one of the most extreme scenarios in medicine: the creation of a new life might coincide with the mother’s death. This situation can put immense stress on pregnant patients, their families, and medical staff. Cancer occurs only rarely during pregnancy; incidence is 0.07% to 0.1%. The current trend to [...]

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