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Medicare And Oncology
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From 2005, there have been major changes in the way Medicare makes payments to oncologists for giving physician administered drugs and for services rendered during drug administration. However, through several studies conducted by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, it has been found that changes in the Medicare policy on payment to oncologists no way interfered with cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
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The report submitted the Commission to the US Congress showed that more beneficiaries of Medicare received cancer-related treatment in the year 2005 compared to the year 2004. Also, the report further claimed that the quality of care was not affected and the patients receiving the care were satisfied with it. However, chemotherapy use was different in different parts of the US.More...
What Is The Meaning Of Oncology ?
The Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with the study of cancer and its causes and the treatment. The word oncology derived from the Greek word "o(n)glos" + "logos" of which "o(n)glos" meaning ‘bulk or mass’ and the "logos" meaning ‘study or treatise’. The word oncology together means the study of tumors. The development of tumor is due to the abnormal growth of body tissue because of uncontrolled cell division. The oncology is divided into medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, rediatric oncology.
Each discipline deals with the specialized study and mainly focus on the particular subject. The discipline Medical oncology mainly deals with the cancer treatment using medicine that even includes chemotherapy. The discipline surgical oncology deals with the study of the surgery that includes biopsy, staging and tumor removal by surgery. The discipline radiation oncology concentrates on the treatment of cancer with the radiation therapy. Pediatric oncology is the latest branch that mainly focuses on the children. This branch includes the medicine, surgery and radiation therapy in it as it focuses on children. Moreover, the children with cancer face unique problem and hence this study covers all sorts of treatment.More...
History Of Surgical Oncology
The cauterization using the fire drills was described in the history of the Egypt. Later, Hippocrates, a physician who lived between 500BC and 0AD, differentiated cancer into benign and malignant. The contemporary Romans also believed that cancer could be treated through surgery. Moses Maimonides suggested rooting out of the complete tumor till healthy tissue was reached in order to treat the cancer.
In the nineteenth century, after the discovery and the usage of the microscope, Morgagni linked the microscopic pathology of cancer with autopsy findings. The diagnosis was made very precisely and the technology has improved to the level that the pathologist could communicate with the surgeon about the surgery. In 1872, Billroth treated carcinoma by removing a part of esophagus. Followed by that, Freund treated uterine cancer by removing the uterus in 1878. The surgical oncology took a new shape and started to improve further with the Halsted success in radical mastectomy in 1890. With the discovery of X-ray in 1895, the diagnosis became feasible as well the X-rays were used to treat cancer in 1899.More...
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What is the meaning of oncology? - Medicare and oncology - History of surgical oncology
