K96 FM: Wide Open Country » cancer http://k96fm.com Wide Open Country Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pestering the Doctor Might Save Your Life http://k96fm.com/being-a-pain-could-save-your-life/ http://k96fm.com/being-a-pain-could-save-your-life/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:20:50 +0000 Jerry Puffer http://k96fm.com/?p=5657 I am well aware that many medical patients tend to be "a pain" at times. I believe "down south", it is referred to as being a "heavy patient."

That said, I recently read a bladder cancer study from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center that found that nearly ALL patients with high-grade, non-invasive bladder cancer are NOT receiving the guideline-recommended care that would best protect them from recurrence, a finding that researchers are characterizing as alarming!

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