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This Week's Feature Story
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Helping Patients Defeat Their Smoking Addiction
Effective assessment and management of physical, behavioral, and psychological factors can help physicians make smoking cessation a realistic goal for their patients.
Cancer patients who continue to smoke are at increased risk for substantial adverse effects on treatment effectiveness, overall survival, and development of other cancers. Studies have demonstrated that most patients who try to quit will start up again within the first 3 months. Smoking cessation interventions can be particularly challenging because treatment strategies may need to address complex psychological comorbidities.
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New Concepts in Conquering ITP |
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| "The adverse side effects of current ITP therapy often complicate treatment decisions for physicians and patients alike." |
| DAVID KUTER, MD, DPHIL |
Director of Clinical Hematology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
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