Cancer Care

Cancer Care Cover Story Obstetrics/Gynecology Women's Health 

Educating Patients, Optimizing Costs, Empowering Women

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 3D tomography, ablation, ACOG, anesthesia, appropriate professional guideline, ASC, assistant, bladder, booth, Botox, breast, breast cancer, breast exam, breast self-exams, callback, cancer, cancer screen, caregiver of the entire family, Caregivers, cervical cancer, cervical cancer screen, cervix, clinician, co-managing, co-managing partner, co-managing partner of woman, conflict recommendation, confuse information, cost-conscious way, dense breast, detection, early detection, educate patient, entire family, exam, executive director, family history, genetic test, GYN, GYN care, GYN office, GYN practice, gynecologic, gynecologist, healthcare agenda, healthcare relationship, heavy bleed, high volume, high-risk patient, historical data, hormonal age, important healthcare relationship, in-office, in-office procedure, individual risk factor, infection, interval, Kirkham, lens, lens of wellness, lens of Wellness Rebecca Booth, Louisville, low risk, mammography, medical decision-makers, Miller, nurse, nurse practitioner, OB, opportunity, overactive bladder, pap, pap smear, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, photo, physical exam, physician, physician assistant, PLLC, practitioner, procedure, recommendation, right interval, risk factor, risk patient, screen, screen interval, screen recommendation, self-exams, smear, tomography, tomosynthesis, ultrasound, unique lens, wellness, Wellness Rebecca Booth, woman 's health, woman 's overall health

LOUISVILLE We hear this time and again – Women are often the caregivers for their entire family, the medical decision-makers,

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Cancer Care Cardiology Cover Story Health Topics Heart & Lung 

Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Albany, baptist health, benign disease of esophagus, Bousamra, breath, breath analysis, breath analysis study, Brian Bohannon, cancer, cancer center, Care, chest, Christiana Care, Christiana Care health system, clinic, comprehensive care, courtesy of baptist health, CT, CT scan, CT screen, CT screen program, esophageal cancer, esophagus, excite possibility, Floyd, full range of general thoracic surgical procedure, full-service, general surgery residency, general thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgical procedure, good outcome, guideline, heart side, heart side of the equation, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, high risk, hospital stay, improved surgical outcome, innovative clinical trial, invasive procedure, invasive technique, Jonathan kraut, Kentucky, kraut, linker, Louisville, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung program, medical director, medical director of the oncology program, medical school, Medicare, Michael Bousamra, Mo. Bousamra, multidisciplinary lung, multidiscipline, new Albany, new drug, oncologist, oncology, oncology program, optimal patient care, outcome, patient care, patient morbidity, photo, procedure, progressive refinement, proven program, radiation, rapid return of function, residency, revolutionary advance, rib, Robert linker, scan, screen, service task force, St. Luke 's Mid America, steady mentality, surgeon, surgeon kraut, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgeon kraut, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery practice, thoracic surgery program, thoracic surgery residency, treatment of lung cancer, U, US preventive service task force, USPSTF, vat

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of

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Cancer Care Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section 

Lung Cancer Screening – Not Just a Primary Care Responsibility

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Ruth Mattingly age 55-77, Angela Criswell, Angela Criswell of lung cancer alliance, Anthony weaver, cancer, cancer institute-sponsored study, CMS, CMS cover, Criswell, criterion, eligible patient, high-risk criterion, institute-sponsored, Kentucky, Kentucky lead, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, LDCT, LDCT lung, LDCT screen, life-saving screen, Louisville, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer incidence, lung cancer screen, lung cancer screen criterion, Mahmoud Moammar, major proponent of lung cancer screen, major statewide push, Medicare, Moammar, nation 's high lung cancer incidence, national cancer institute-sponsored study, national lung screen trial, national nonprofit advocacy group, NLST, online course, pack year, pack-years, PCPs, preventive service benefit, primary Care responsibility, provider, Pulmonology, Pulmonology associate, recommended test, requirement of CMS, screen, service benefit, specialist, symptom of lung cancer, tobacco smoke history, true symptom, university of Kentucky college of medicine

There is a major statewide push to encourage primary care providers (PCPs) to refer eligible patients to low-dose computed tomography

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Cancer Care Legal 

Radiology and Breast Cancer

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Stephanie M. Wurdock, ESQ 3D image of the breast, A., breast, breast cancer, breast screen, breast screen technique, breast tomosynthesis, cancer, delayed diagnosis, detailed X-ray image, detailed X-ray image of the breast, digital breast tomosynthesis, Dr. Matthew Zwick, field of breast screen, healthcare attorney, Kentucky, Kentucky physician, liability, limitation of traditional mammogram, mammogram, mammogram screen, modality, monitor breast cancer, MRI, order physician, overwhelm majority of Kentucky physician, physician, PLLC, primary tool physician, radiological find, radiologist, radiology, radiology play, radiology study, screen mammogram, significance of radiological find, Stephanie Wurdock, tool physician, traditional mammogram, ultrasound, ultrasound image use sound, vast majority of lawsuit, woman 's risk

Breast cancer affects one out of eight women in their lifetime. The primary tool physicians rely upon to detect, treat,

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Cancer Care Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Hemophilia, Hodgkin’s Disease, and Multiple Myeloma

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Bob Baker absence of a clot factor, ARNP, B., bleed disorder hemophilia, blood cancer, blood product, cancer, clinic, clinic 's director, complication, condition day, coordinate effort of nurse practitioner, Croley, current research, cytotoxic, development of long-acting factor replacement, disorder, disorder hemophilia, effective treatment, extended team, extended team of physiotherapist, factor replacement, factor replacement regimen, good prophylactic factor replacement regimen, hematologist, hematology, hemophilia, hemophilia B., hemophilia case, hemophilia clinic, hemophilia foundation, hemophilia patient, hepatitis, Hodgkin, Hodgkin 's disease, human blood product, human genetic engineer, infusion, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jessica Croley, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health center, KentuckyOne health hemophilia clinic, Lexington, Lexington bleed disorder, Lexington focus, long-acting, long-acting factor replacement, Louisville, major direction, major direction of current research, medical oncologist, multidisciplinary treatment, Multimodality, Multimodality hemophilia clinic, multiple myeloma, myeloma, national hemophilia foundation, Nivolumab, oncologist, oncology fellowship, Patricia Ashby, R., regimen, replacement, Sharma, significant population of patient, special interest, specific treatment protocol, T, T cell, therapy, treat bleed disorder, treatment of hemophilia, U, Vivek, Vivek R.

LOUISVILLE & LEXINGTON Bleeding disorders and blood cancers are two areas in medicine where the dreams of a few years

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Cancer Care Education 

Targeting Physician Education

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Megan Whitmer $, $7 million grant, Bristol-Myers Squibb foundation, cancer, cancer registry data, care physician, care provider, cessation, clear urban-rural split, CME, CME offering, co-principal, co-principal investigator, co-principal investigator of the Kentucky lead, collaborative focus, CT, decision make, detection, difficult time gain access, director of the lung cancer, early detection, early stage cancer, FACP, Goetz Kloecker, health effect, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kentucky, Kentucky lead, Kentucky resident, Kloecker, lead provider education component, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer care, lung cancer education, lung cancer mortality, lung cancer outcome, lung cancer patient, MBA, mortality, mortality rate, MSPH, multidisciplinary clinic, new standard, new standard of care, offering, partnership of the university of Louisville, patient seek screen, PCPs, physician, primary care physician, primary care provider, primary Care task force, provider, provider education, screen, shared decision make, smoker, survivorship, survivorship care, target physician education, teenage smoker, thousand of lung cancer patient, urban-rural split

LOUISVILLE The mortality rate for lung cancer in Kentucky is 50 percent higher than the national average. The state ranks

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Cancer Care Education 

Reducing Barriers

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Melissa Karrer Appalachian region of the state, appropriate cancer screen, assistance, availability of cancer screen, barrier, cancer, cancer screen, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, CDC director, childcare, colon, colon cancer, completion of cancer treatment, death rate, eliminate barrier, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, financial issue, healthcare, high cancer incidence, high rate of new cancer, incidence, insurance, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL 's certified patient navigator, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky health fair, Kentucky rank, level guideline, Lexington Kentucky, low-cost/no-cost, low-cost/no-cost cancer screen, lung, navigator, patient navigator, patient referral, patient self-referrals, provide assistance, qualified patient, reduce barrier, referral, result of KCL, screen, self-referrals, survivor, Tom Freiden, underinsured Kentuckian, value of early cancer detection

LEXINGTON Kentucky has the highest rate of new cancers and the highest death rate for all cancers combined in the

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Cancer Care Cover Story Oncology 

Focal Point

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton advantage of HIFU, advent, aggressive prostate cancer, antigen, Bahamas, biopsy, bladder, board-certified, board-certified urologist, Brooks Jackson, cancer, cancer cell, Cancun, cure cancer, cure rate, dysfunction, Eifler, erectile, erectile dysfunction, erectile function, family history, family history of prostate cancer, FDA, focal HIFU, focal point, Gleason, graduate of the U, group of local urologist, HIFU, HIFU promise result equal, HIFU prostate service, HIFU surgeon, HIFU treatment center, high intensity, high risk, HPS, HPS Kentucky, incontinence, intensity, international locale, Jackson, John Jurige, Jurige, Kentucky, leading-edge, leading-edge therapy, life alter side effect, local urologist, Louisville, medical school, metro urology, MRI, oncology, option, outcome, outpatient, outpatient procedure, outpatient procedure use ultrasound energy, photo, physician, probe, procedure, proctor, prostate, prostate cancer, prostatectomy, PSA, PSA screen, radiation, radiation therapy, radical prostatectomy, residency, Robert Densmore, school of medicine, screen, side effect, Sonablate® HIFU, spare normal tissue, specialized ultrasound probe, specific antigen, surgeon, surgery, survival, therapy, three-dimensional image, three-dimensional image of the prostate, tissue, traditional treatment, traditional treatment of radical prostatectomy, treatment option, U, ultrasound, ultrasound energy, ultrasound probe, urinary incontinence, urologic, urologist, urology, visualization

LOUISVILLE When I think of Nassau, Bahamas, and Cancun, Mexico, I picture white sand beaches, crystal blue waters, and vacation

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Cancer Care Oncology Special Section 

More Than a Benign Interest

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey American society, Asco, benign interest, better-tolerated, big impact, Bone marrow transplantation, born problem-solver, cancer, cancer management, cancer patient, cancer problem, chemotherapy, chief fellow, clinical oncology, clinical trial, concomitant medical condition, disease-free, disease-free interval, forge of Hodskins 's career path, great pediatric hematologist, hematologic malignancy, hematology, hematology side, hematology side of thing, Hodskins, Hodskins 's career path, immunotherapeutic drug, immunotherapy, immunotherapy agent, innumerable ongoing clinical trial, Jacob Hodskins, Kosair, marrow, melanoma, molecular physiology, MS, multitude of test, new immunotherapeutic drug, new immunotherapy agent, oncologist, oncology, outcome, Owensboro, Owensboro health, Owensboro health oncologist, profound anemia, refractory set, significant short, sub-standard therapy, success of new immunotherapy agent, survival, talk of bone marrow transplant, toxicity, toxicity of chemotherapy, traditional chemotherapy, transplant, UK college of medicine, UK department, UK department of hematology, UK department of internal medicine, ultimate enigma, viable treatment option, wide variety of cancer

OWENSBORO You might call Jacob Hodskins, MD, MS, a born problem-solver. Not because he has the solution to every problem,

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Cancer Care Oncology Special Section 

New and Growing Sustainably

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Gil Dunn 31, 31 foot wall, 31 foot wall of color-changing water, abundance of natural light, array of amenity, baptist health, baptist name, Bodager, BSN, cancer, cancer center, cancer treatment, Carloftis, center 's multidisciplinary oncology clinic, clinical nurse specialist, clinical trial, color-changing, color-changing water, colorful artwork, community hospital, counselor, county root, CyberKnife, designated self-parking area, dietitian, eastern Kentucky, executive director, executive director of baptist health, family member, floor, floor of the impressive new north tower, genetic counselor, Gil Dunn, Greg Bodager, gynecologic oncology provider, impressive new north tower, independent spirit, infusion, Lexington, Lexington cancer center, Lexington community hospital, low level, low level of the west deck, lung, medical oncology, mother 's clay, new baptist health, nurse, nurse navigator, nurse specialist, OCN, oncology, outpatient, patient room serve patient see medical oncology, patient volume, photo, primary site, prostate, radiation, radiation oncology, RN, room serve patient, self-parking, self-parking area, social worker, spacious wait room, specialist, west deck, woodland appearance

LEXINGTON The new Baptist Health Lexington Cancer Center sits on the lower two floors of the impressive new North Tower

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