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...phone interview last night, Martin said that his term as dean has been “the best experience of my life.”He has overseen the school’s physical expansion as well as the creation of the nation’s largest comprehensive cancer care center, but Martin said, “I want to be remembered first as a dean of students.”Martin said he is proud of his effort to increase training in ethics, community health, and anthropology. “We’ve completely transformed the medical curriculum...
...Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), and the University of Texas Health Science Center. The report, published Tuesday in Annals of Internal Medicine, found that 30 percent of missed, late, or wrong diagnoses resulted in death, and over 50 percent of the medical errors happened in cancer cases. Though medical errors are an oft-studied subject, the researchers studied 307 medical malpractice claims that involved errors in an “ambulatory,” or non-emergency, setting—an area that “has been understudied,” according to co-author...
...recent study headed by researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has identified a complete map of the genetic regions that may influence how estrogen contributes to breast cancer—results that could advance clinical treatment for breast cancer patients. The study identifies the molecular “control panels,” which consists of thousands of on-off switches for genes, that may be part of the mechanism by which estrogen regulates breast cancer. The findings—to be published in Nature Genetics this month—may help individualize treatment for breast cancer...
...DAILY PRINCETONIAN lost a treasured alum yesterday, as did the New York Times and lovers of political journalism everywhere. R.W. Apple Jr., once a member of Princeton's 1957 class, died of thoracic cancer, the Times announced. The Prince today pays a worthy tribute...
...book is heavily shaped by the dialogue between and thoughts of each individual character. At the beginning, Cliff, one of the lab’s dashing young scientists, believes he has achieved a scientific breakthrough when a virus he injects into cancer-ridden mice surpisingly shrinks tumors. However, the entire lab soon falls under a cloud of suspicion when Robin, his girlfriend, begins to question the validity of his work. As the lab transitions from a period of jubilation to embarrassment, each character’s behavior is candidly relayed by Goodman, shedding light on a rarely-seen dimension...