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It was established in 2007 to improve knowledge and health care of cancer survivors and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editor-in-chief is Michael Feuerstein (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.442. [1]
Dusts that can cause cancer leather or wood dusts, asbestos, [2] crystalline forms of silica, coal tar pitch volatiles, coke oven emissions, diesel exhaust and environmental tobacco smoke. [1] sunlight; radon gas; and industrial, medical, or other exposure to ionizing radiation can all cause cancer in the workplace. Industrial processes ...
The U.S. Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, also known as Janet's Law, [1] [2] [3] signed into law on October 21, 1998 [4] as part of the 1999 omnibus bill (Pub. L. 105–277 (text)), contains protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. [5]
As of September, cancer patients at Atlantic Health System hospitals had free access to the network's 500 trained volunteers — peers who have been there. After her diagnosis, "there was nothing ...
Long title: An Act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other ...
Like the American Cancer Society, ACS CAN is devoting a significant portion of its resources [3] to raising public awareness of shortcomings in the US health care system from the perspective of cancer patients. Recently, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, supported by the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN, was signed into law by ...
Since 2000, for-profit companies that have aggressively courted new types of patients for hospice, including people suffering from degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, have come to dominate the field. Because these patients live longer, the average stay on hospice is much longer at the typical for-profit.
Cancer prevention is the practice of taking active measures to decrease the incidence of cancer and mortality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The practice of prevention depends on both individual efforts to improve lifestyle and seek preventive screening , and socioeconomic or public policy related to cancer prevention. [ 3 ]