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FEATURES LEVERAGING SOCIAL MEDIA TO DISPEL FEARS, MISINFORMATION 6 Physicians are using the power and efficiency of social media to calm unsubstantiated health concerns and guide patients toward reliable information. THE PURSUIT OF BALANCE — HOW LIFESTYLE DRIVES THE EMPLOYED-PHYSICIAN MODEL 16 A desire to balance work and personal life has been a motivating factor behind physicians' migration to employed positions. But employment and traditional private practice are not the only alternatives. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: CHRONIC CARE STUDY FINDS HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS AMONG PEDIATRIC CANCER SURVIVORS 10 While more pediatric patients are surviving cancer, researchers have discovered that most of those patients later develop at least one treatment-related chronic condition. A STEP TOWARD PREVENTING TYPE 1 DIABETES? 12 An experimental synthetic ROR inverse agonist prevents mice from developing Type 1 diabetes — a finding that eventually could inform new treatments. DATA VAULT 13 A roundup of statistics about chronic disease SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: ONCOLOGY CUTTING OFF METASTASIS AT THE LYMPHATIC PASS? 20 A newly expanded understanding of how tumor cells gain access to the lymphatic system could help scientists develop measures to inhibit that means of metastasis. BRIEFER, CHEAPER BREAST CANCER TREATMENT UNDERUTILIZED, STUDY FINDS 22 Hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation can be a shorter, less costly treatment for some breast cancer patients, but its utilization rate is low. THAT'S NEWS 23 A roundup of news about oncology DEPARTMENTS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 5 BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 8 FINANCE 14 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 18 THE LINK 24 25 23 Contents | SEPT/OCT 2015 | 6 PAGE