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ON THE COVER
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FE ATURE
WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: AT THE
FOREFRONT OF INTEGRATED PALLIATIVE CARE 06
Expert caregivers with decades of experience empower
patients to ma ke key hea lthcare decisions, while other
specia lists pursue life-extending treatments.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: ONCOLOGY
ACCELERATED AGING: A CHALLENGE TO
CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS 16
Better diagnosis and treatment are helping more children
survive cancer. However, treatment-related chronic
conditions later in life appear to speed the aging process.
CHOLESTEROL, STATINS AND COLORECTAL
CANCER: A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP 18
Statin use may get new scrutiny in light of findings suggesting
an inverse relationship between high cholesterol and
colorecta l cancer risk.
DEPARTMENTS
FINANCE 05
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 14
LOCAL NEWS 20
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 22
Pictured L–R: Jeffrey T. Berger, MD, FACP, Division
Chief of Palliative Medicine and Bioethics at Winthrop-
University Hospital, and Pavel Groysman, DO, attending
physician, Division of Palliative Medicine and Bioethics at
Winthrop-University Hospital
