Background: Millions of patients with cancer are hospitalized each year in the US for treatment or complications of their disease. Increasing numbers are cared for by hospitalists on services dedicated to patients with cancer. Little is known about the practice characteristics or working environment of this expanding pool of oncology hospitalists. Methods: Using a modified [...]

Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. Disparities in screening mammography use persists among low income women, even those who are insured, despite the proven mortality benefit. More than a third of hospitalized women are both overdue for breast cancer [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male patient who presented with hemoptysis 1-year prior, was found to have sub-centimeter lung nodules and multiple liver lesions on CT chest. The largest hepatic lesion on abdominal MRI was 3.2 x 1.4cm. He declined liver biopsy and presented a year later with abdominal distension, early satiety and unintentional weight loss [...]

Case Presentation: A 79-year-old male with metastatic prostate cancer status post multiple systemic agents presented with recurrent episodes of epistaxis with associated anemia and fatigue. The patient had a pertinent history of multifactorial CKD stage III. He was diagnosed with a left nasal polyp which required polypectomy. Despite removal of the polyp, the patient continued [...]

Case Presentation: 52-year-old female with history of Stage IIIA triple negative right sided breast cancer, seizure disorder, and s/p lumpectomy presents with ataxia, confusion, and dyskinesia over the past 2 weeks. The patient is chronically on phenytoin, ondansetron, paroxetine, and potassium supplements. She has been on phenytoin since her last seizure three years ago. She [...]

Case Presentation: A 25 year old Hispanic woman, G4P3 pregnant at 18 weeks with underlying hypertension and gallstones, initially presented with low back pain for 10 days. The pain started suddenly, constant, sharp with no precipitating events. It was aggravated by movement and relieved partially with painkillers. She denied lower extremity weakness, numbness, tingling or [...]

Case Presentation: A 78 year old male with a history of atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes and former significant tobacco use, presented with a one month history of left sided neck pain. The pain was progressive and he subsequently developed left upper extremity swelling along with a rash involving the neck, left anterior chest and [...]

Case Presentation: A 69 year-old man with history of high-grade invasive urothelial bladder cancer post tumor resection on Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) treatment and renal cell carcinoma post left partial nephrectomy presented with high-grade fever, night sweats, rigors, and lower abdominal pain for 2 weeks. The last BCG instillation, of 11 total, was 17 days prior [...]

Case Presentation: A 71 year-old female presented to the emergency department with six weeks of worsening nausea and emesis. Her symptoms were associated with anorexia, 10-pound unintentional weight loss, and urinary incontinence. Past medical history was significant for right-sided breast cancer, status post partial mastectomy and radiation, 25 years prior to presentation. Physical examination showed [...]