Shortage of cancer doctors in coming years
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The United States is heading toward a major shortage of cancer doctors by 2020 as the population ages and the medical profession struggles to replace retiring oncologists, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Doctors may have to take a more active  role in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with  terminal illnesses, a study suggested on Thursday.
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The doctor shortage in Canada is expected to get much worse in the next few years as more physicians retire, and others reduce their work hours to spend more time with their families, says a new survey.
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At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so.    They call the cancer undetectable, or in remission...
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NHS fertility treatment for cancer patients must be improved, leading doctors say.
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Rising tobacco use and poverty will  fuel cancer across the developing world, more than doubling the  number of new cases to 27 million by 2050, experts predicted on  Thursday.
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Canada needs to invest $1 billion over the next five years to reverse its serious shortage of doctors and ensure there will be enough health-care providers in future to reduce long waiting lists plaguing hospitals, the Canadian Medical Association says.
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Doctors need to develop a more  organized team approach to prostate cancer, with a clear  outline on how to screen for the disease and to treat it, a  panel of cancer experts said on Wednesday.
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Proposed cuts in Medicare payments for cancer drugs will be nearly double Bush administration estimates, potentially limiting access to care, according to a survey of cancer doctors.
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Asia is bracing for a dramatic surge in cancer rates over the next decade as people in the developing world live longer and adopt bad Western habits
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An "alarming" number of patients with suspected breast cancer wait too long for diagnosis, doctors warn.
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A shortage of donor bodies is putting medical teaching at risk, UK authorities warn.
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Doctors eager to pare back their hours and find more time for themselves and their families are helping fuel an &quot;alarming&quot; trend toward even greater doctor shortages, concludes a major new study.
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The finding will help doctors make better treatment  decisions and may give rise to a new way of halting the advance  of breast cancer, said Dr. Sohail Tavazoie, an oncologist at  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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Cancer care across England is poorly  coordinated, funding varies widely from one area to another and  doctors are not referring patients for treatment quickly  enough, a parliamentary report said Wednesday.
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New guidelines restricting the patients that GPs can refer to hospital will mean cancers are missed, warn doctors.
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The world is suffering an acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and other health workers, according to a global group of health leaders.