Vol. 97 No. 2
Special Report
Fighting back
Two lawsuits that challenged managed care practices -- one of which employed a landmark legal strategy that used the Americans With Disabilities Act -- show what can happen when physicians and organized medicine stand up against insurers who retaliate against doctors or put profits ahead of patients.
By Walt Borges
Symposium on Cancer: What Primary Care Physicians Need to Know
John J. Costanzi, MD, Guest Editor
Genetic evaluation of cancer: the importance of family history
By Helen K. Chew, MD
Colorectal cancer screening: the old and the new
By John J. Ziebert, MD
Optimum screening interventions for gynecologic malignancies
By Jayanthi S. Lea, MD; and David Scott Miller, MD
Nonmelanoma skin cancer: today's epidemic
By Byron L. Limmer, MD
Early detection of prostate cancer: is PSA a reliable option?
By Koji Okihara, MD; and R. Joseph Babaian, MD
Techniques for smoking cessation: what really works?
By Terry A. Rustin, MD
Complementary therapies for cancer patients: what works, what doesn't, and how to know the difference
By Daniel L. Handel, MD
Breast cancer: screening and early detection
By A. Marilyn Leitch, MD
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