Patient navigators facilitated almost 700 cancer screenings among Latino Medicare beneficiaries through a cancer prevention and treatment demonstration project for ethnic and racial minorities at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The project seeks to address disparities in cancer screening rates in the elderly Latino population in the Newark, New Jersey, area. The project also is evaluating the impact of navigators to facilitate that screening.
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease with variable presentation, disease trajectory, prognosis, and options for treatment. Integrating the plethora of scientific discovery relative to plasma cell disorders, molecular and cytogenetic attributes and their implications for prognosis and treatment, identification of key components of the bone marrow micro - environment, and the development of novel therapies targeting many of these attributes requires a thorough review of multiple sources of information. Multiple Myeloma: A Textbook for Nurses, edited by Joseph D. Read More ›
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