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Why an Increasing Number of Unmatched Residency Positions in Radiation Oncology? A Survey of Fourth-Year Medical Students

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2021
Purpose: The number of US fourth-year medical students applying to radiation oncology has decreased during the past few years. We conducted a survey of fourth-year medical students to examine factors that may be influencing the decision to pursue ...
Grace C. Blitzer, MD, Akash D. Parekh, MD, Shuai Chen, PhD, Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD, Jenna M. Kahn, MD, Emma C. Fields, MD, John M. Stahl, MD, Stephen A. Rosenberg, MD, John M. Buatti, MD, Anna M. Laucis, MD, Yichu Wang, David L. Mayhew, MD, PhD, Andrew M. McDonald, MD, Paul M. Harari, MD, Jeffrey V. Brower, MD, PhD   +14 more
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Introducing Multidisciplinary Oncology Management to the Medical Student

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2020
Despite the fact that a large portion of medical students pursue training in a cancer-related discipline, oncology is emphasized to a disproportionately lesser extent than are other disciplines in medical school.
Michael J. LaRiviere, MD, Patricia Mae G. Santos, MD, Joshua A. Jones, MD, John Nicholas Lukens, MD, Neha Vapiwala, MD, Samuel D. Swisher-McClure, MD, MSHP, Abigail T. Berman, MD, MSCE   +6 more
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Inspiring the future generation of oncologists: a UK-wide study of medical students’ views towards oncology

BMC Medical Education, 2021
Background One in 2 people born in the UK after 1960 are expected to require oncology input in their lifetime. However, only 36% of UK medical schools provide dedicated oncology placements and teaching indicating a discordance between public health ...
Kathrine S. Rallis, Anna Maria Wozniak, Sara Hui, Marios Nicolaides, Neha Shah, Beena Subba, Apostolos Papalois, Michail Sideris   +7 more
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Oncology teaching in undergraduate medical school - Proposed discipline

Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2020
Cancer is the main public health problem in Brazil and the world, and if the National Oncological Care Policy is not modified, cancer will become the leading cause of death in the country in 2029.
Alberto J.A. Wainstein, Sergio J Azevedo, Gustavo N Marta, Paulo C Canary, Angelica Nogueira Rodrigues, Cinthya Sternberg, Fernando A V Santos, Ana Paula Drummond-Lage   +7 more
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Competency-Based Workforce Development and Education in Global Oncology

Current Oncology, 2023
The healthcare workforce plays a pivotal role in cancer care delivery, leadership, policy, education, and research in complex cancer systems. To ensure quality and relevance, health professionals must have the necessary competencies to deliver patient ...
Nazik Hammad, Ntokozo Ndlovu, Laura Mae Carson, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Indranil Mallick, Scott Berry, E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa   +6 more
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Oncology education in Brazilian medical schools

Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2020
Background and Objective: Cancer is expected to be the leading cause of death in Brazil by 2030. This scenario demands that health professionals, especially physicians, should be able to implement primary prevention, early detection and cancer
Angelica Nogueira-Rodrigues, Ronniel Morais Albuquerque, Renan Orsati Clara, Ana Gelatti, Augusto Cesar de Andrade Mota, Bruno Pacheco Pereira, Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Igor Alexandre Protzner Morbeck, Maria Fátima Gaui, Maria Ignez Freitas Melro-Braghiroli, Rafael Aliosha Kaliks, Rodrigo Ramella Munhoz, Sandro Roberto de Araújo Cavalléro, Vladmir Cláudio Cordeiro-de-Lima, Clarissa Maria de Cerqueira Mathias   +14 more
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Undergraduate oncology education in Sudanese public medical schools; a national cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Background Cancer was the fifth leading cause of death in Sudan general hospitals in 2020, and its incidence is increasing. Medical students’ cancer education is key in cancer control.
Salma S. Alrawa, Ammar Elgadi, Esraa S. A. Alfadul, Shahd Alshikh, Nazik Hammad, Abdelhafeez Abdelhafeez   +5 more
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Effectiveness of Bendamustine-Rituximab Compared to R-CHOP/R-CVP as a First-Line Treatment of Indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma or Mantle-Cell Lymphoma

Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2022
Background: R-CHOP/R-CVP is the only recommended first-line treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL). Limited treatment alternatives often lead to relapse and refractory NHL, which increases disease progressivity and worsens prognosis.
Brenda Cristie Edina, Ikhwan Rinaldi
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Second opinions in medical oncology

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background The current study aimed to further our understanding of second opinions among medical oncology patients by examining the proportion of patients who sought a second opinion about their cancer treatment, and why.
Ian Olver, Mariko Carey, Jamie Bryant, Allison Boyes, Tiffany Evans, Rob Sanson-Fisher   +5 more
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Oncology workload in a tertiary hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2022
Introduction Workload in oncology during a pandemic is expected to increase as manpower is shunted to other areas of need in combating the pandemic. This increased workload, coupled with the high care needs of cancer patients, can have negative effects ...
Jianbang Chiang, Valerie Yang, Shuting Han, Qingyuan Zhuang, Siqin Zhou, Sachin Mathur, Mei Ling Kang, Joanne Ngeow, Swee Peng Yap, Chee Kian Tham   +9 more
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