Internist Lisa Diamond commented on a study that found that close to half of pediatricians do not use a professional interpreter when seeing patients and families with a limited understanding of English.
Epidemiologist Andrew Vickers commented on a survey that found that most older American men plan to get screened for prostate cancer despite a recent recommendation that many should forego the controversial PSA test.
Thoracic oncologist Mark Kris and Carol Jaxel, one of Dr. Kris’s patients, were interviewed about the benefits the IBM Watson system can bring to cancer care.
Infectious diseases physician Eric Pamer commented on an analysis that found that there was little variation in the bacteria in the digestive systems of 37 healthy women over a period of about five years.
Thoracic Oncology Service Chief Mark Kris was interviewed about the move away from traditional chemotherapy toward more molecularly targeted treatments.
Head and Neck Surgical Service Chief Jatin Shah discussed a growing problem among Indian immigrants – an addiction to paan, a mixture of areca or betel nut, slaked lime, spices and sweeteners folded into a betel leaf and often combined with tobacco.
Gynecologic surgeon Carol Brown commented on a study that shows that the infection rate of human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer, decreased by 56 percent since the HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006.
Infectious disease specialist Kent Sepkowitz commented on the link between Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and heartburn drugs known as proton-pump inhibitors.
Actor and cancer activist Rob Lowe joined hundreds of patients, families, and friends to mark National Cancer Survivors Day at Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Manhattan campus.
