Global disparities in access to quality health care are not new, but their seemingly entrenched nature cannot be a cause for complacency. Somewhat paradoxically, every new medical breakthrough splashed across front pages and television screens of developed economies increases disparities as health care systems in low- and middle-income struggle to acquire and implement new technologies and … [Read more...]
Delaying radiation therapy has little effect on survival among prostate cancer patients
[Reprinted: HCB News, 8-18-2020] Delaying radiation therapy due to the COVID-19 pandemic may make little difference in mortality outcomes for patients with prostate cancer. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that conducting radiation therapy at a different time than originally planned was unlikely to affect survival for men with unfavorable intermediate-risk or high-risk … [Read more...]