Healthcare Workers Face Unimaginable Decisions in Ukraine
More than 900 medical facilities have been destroyed or damaged, says Ruslan Zelinskyi, MS, from the Spizhenko Clinic in Ukraine.
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More than 900 medical facilities have been destroyed or damaged, says Ruslan Zelinskyi, MS, from the Spizhenko Clinic in Ukraine.
A liquid biopsy test used for molecular profiling in patients with solid tumors also identified patients who were at risk for clonal hematopoiesis, which may develop into myeloid blood cancer.
Single-dose gene therapy, betibeglogene autotemcel, may represent a cure for most with beta-thalassemia, but it costs a record-high $2.8 million. Details on how coverage will work remain murky
"If patients know they have the diagnosis, and they do the right things and avoid alcohol and risky drugs, most people will have few acute attacks."
Moral distress from being unable to provide appropriate care or being forced into making questionable decisions is common in oncology, and it needs to be addressed.