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In this article/podcast from KevinMD.com, Dr. Kristin Yates, an OB/GYN, describes her work as a doctor, which “brings me fulfillment and joy. It makes me a better doctor.” Dr. Yates also explains: “The fact of the matter is, I am not a doctor. I am a human being. Doctoring is what I do, not who I am. This distinction is very important to me because it is what has made medicine sustainable and fulfilling.”

Are you biased toward certain types of patients? “Sometimes” is likely your answer, but there are implicit biases that doctors may not be aware they have. To help answer this question, Medscape put together a survey to weigh these biases, with emotional problems coming in at No. 1. Whether they are implicit or explicit, here are the other patient characteristics that commonly trigger a predisposition in doctors. 

The first biologic was approved in 1982, and since then, have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the US pharmaceutical market. Biologics are complex therapies used to treat a wide variety of conditions – conditions that are often untreatable by any other drug – and physicians should be up to speed on these four classes of biologic agents, which are used to treat cancer or inflammatory disease.

In this Special Report, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) publishes guidance for oncology practices on how to safely restore patient access to diagnostics, treatments, and other critical cancer care services.

This JAMA “Viewpoint” outlines the frameworks that should be used to inform decisions about how to modify cancer treatment based on patient and cancer-specific factors during these unprecedented COVID-19 times.