The Subspecialist Will Televisit You Now
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, health-care providers, payers, and patients had all gradually warmed up to the opportunities for telemedicine afforded by high-speed internet...
The Costs of Pursuing Cancer Cures
In this edition, Jori May, MD, reviews The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, in which hematologist-oncologist Azra...
COVID-19, Cancer, and the Need for Clarity
By Aakash Desai, MD, MPH; Gilberto Lopes Jr., MD, MBA; Nicole M. Kuderer, MD; Brian I. Rini, MD; Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FRCP;...
Leukemia’s Collision With Souls and Soulcraft
In this edition, Jason Gotlib, MD, MS, reviews When Blood Breaks Down: Life Lessons from Leukemia by Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, which explores how...
Physician, Heal Thyself: A Memoir of Castleman Disease
In this edition, John Camoriano, MD, reviews Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope into Action, by David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA.
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Off to the Races: The Breakthroughs of Immunotherapy
ASH Clinical News Associate Editor David Steensma, MD, reviews The Breakthrough, which traces the evolution of immunotherapy to treat – and potentially cure – cancer.
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Perish to Publish: Repeated Episodes of Peer Rejection During the Publication Process
In adults – sensitive adults, in particular – who consider themselves academics, repeated episodes of peer rejection can have serious emotional repercussions. We (David...
An ASH Annual Meeting Post-Vivum
“So, what did you learn from ASH?” asked my advisor a couple of weeks after I returned from my first American Society of Hematology...
#SHEmatology and #WOMANcology: Encouraging Women to Explore Careers and Leadership in Hematology and Oncology
Over the past 50 years, women in medicine have gained greater representation, with each generation of trainees moving closer to gender parity. The number...
Advice for the Graduating Hematologist
When I was asked to collect some thoughts to share with hematology/oncology trainees upon completion of their fellowship, I thought back on my experiences...
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October 2020 Volume 6, Issue 12
This issue examines racism in the U.S. health care system, discusses the FDA's newly loosened blood donation restrictions, and more.