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March 16, 2022
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BLOG: A randomized controlled trial, n = 2

For 20 years, I have been living in a randomized controlled trial with a sample size of two.

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March 02, 2022
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Early-career surgeon emphasizes ‘many ways to get involved with oncology’

Recent Cancer Treatment Centers of America team addition, Katherine Poruk, MD, shared her interest in improving a gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancer care, as well as advice for other women like her who are early in their career.

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February 25, 2022
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Women, junior faculty report higher stress responses from the COVID-19 pandemic

Women and early- to mid-career physicians were more negatively impacted by increased workloads, stress and decreased self-care as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data published in Journal of Women’s Health.

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February 24, 2022
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For researcher and thyroid cancer expert, career change has been ‘positive and energizing’

Marcia S. Brose, MD, PhD, said she is not the kind of person who typically seeks out change.

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February 18, 2022
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Representation of women in oncology improving, but some groups still lag behind

Representation of women in both radiation oncology and medical oncology has improved over time; however, individuals from otherwise underrepresented racial and ethnic groups have continued to lag.

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February 11, 2022
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Oncologist coleads research into cancer care inequities among Black, Hispanic patients

The American Cancer Society and Flatiron Health presented a grant to Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, FASCO, to support research into the use, toxicity and efficacy of oral antineoplastic drugs among Black and Hispanic patients.

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February 03, 2022
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BLOG: Women physicians on Mother Earth

I have always considered myself an environmentalist, but I did not get truly passionate/slightly obsessed until I had children.

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February 03, 2022
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BLOG: Ten steps to mastering your next speaking gig

Congratulations, you have booked your next presentation, workshop or the main event — keynote speech! Your planning and efforts have yielded the opportunity to make your expertise renown.

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February 03, 2022
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BLOG: A brief history of women in medicine

A father and son were in a car accident. The father dies and the son is taken to the nearest hospital. In the operating room, a doctor comes in and looks at the little boy and says, “I can’t operate on this boy because he is my son.”

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February 02, 2022
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BLOG: On writing as a woman in medicine

The overarching theme of last year’s Women in Medicine Summit, or WIMS, was the power of stories.

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