Background: Disparities in screening mammography use persist among low-income women, even those who are insured, despite the proven mortality benefit. We evaluated the prevalence of breast cancer screening non-adherence among hospitalized women and their receptivity to inpatient screening mammography as a novel approach to increase breast cancer screening rate. Methods: A cross sectional study was [...]

Background: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer death among men in the US. Approximately three million prostate cancer survivors are living in the US according to 2014 estimate by American Cancer Society. Little is known about the risk factors and the causes of medical admissions associated with [...]

Background: Unplanned readmissions among cancer patients are common and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer has some of the highest readmission volumes. Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals have been getting penalized for excessive readmission rates. For now, the medical treatment of cancer is exempt from this measure. This is because the readmission profile of the cancer patient [...]

Background: High-risk patients with hematuria often warrant an outpatient evaluation for bladder cancer; however the presence of microscopic hematuria may often be missed by primary care physicians after hospital discharge. Whether outpatient physician’s routinely follow-up incidental microscopic hematuria on urinalysis performed during inpatient visits is yet to be fully elucidated. Our aim was to assess [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman with a past medical history of scleroderma, inflammatory lung disease, and remote bilateral breast cancer status post bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy was admitted for lung biopsy. The patient developed flu-like symptoms and was started on oral antibiotics after she was seen in an urgent care clinic. Despite this, she developed [...]

Case Presentation: A 94-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with a two week history of progressively worsening constipation accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He denied any hematochezia, melena, change in stool caliber or unintentional weight loss. He had never undergone a colonoscopy. He had tried stool [...]

Case Presentation: A 77 year old female who had a diagnosed primary gastric adenocarcinoma at another hospital presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. A chest x-ray was done which showed a large left-sided pleural effusion (Figure 1). An ultrasoundguided thoracentesis was done and the pleura was positive for metastatic adenocarcinoma, however the [...]

Case Presentation: A 37-year old G2P2002 female with recent vaginal delivery one month prior, presented with progressively worsening intermittent head, neck and back pain localized to the right side for the past two months.  She reported tongue deviation and slurred speech. After the delivery, she began breastfeeding and noticed a lump on her right breast [...]

Case Presentation: We report a case of an asymptomatic 65-year-old Hispanic male with a left neck mass. Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration were compatible with thyroid cancer. He underwent a total thyroidectomy with modified radical left neck dissection. The tumor measured 5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm, with complete involvement of the left thyroid lobule. [...]

Case Presentation: A 55 year old Moroccan male with no PMH presented with 3 months of a productive cough. Patient had no fevers, chills, weight loss, night sweats or changes in bowel habits. He worked with wood, Corian® and paint, but there were no toxic habits or animal exposures.  One week prior to admission, his [...]