Emergency room visits by cancer patients can often be avoided
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– Recently diagnosed cancer patients often decide on their own to visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) for symptoms that don’t warrant that type of care, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
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Tumors: Benign, premalignant, and malignant
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Nadine Barrett named COE associate director at Atrium Health Wake
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How MyCareCompass helps cancer patients avoid emergency room
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Help Cancer Patients Avoid the Emergency Room - Navigating Cancer
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Emergency Room Visits for Cancer Concerns: Patients May Have Other
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Should You Go to the Emergency Room or Urgent Care? - Scripps Health
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Emergency Room Visits for Cancer Concerns: Patients May Have Other