How to write a blog post for JO304 Fall18

For class this semester,  my students will blog/post  about the stories they are working on.  Each week, they will post a link to data or stories related to their projects and add a SHORT comment — no more than 200 words.

Blog posts need images. Screenshots are good. But be sure not to screen shot a full image or graphic.  Assume they are copyrighted. More on this in class.

I am working on a story about lung cancer screening. That’s the topic. Here is my nut/angle/main point:New lung cancer screening tests turn up a lot of false positives – spots that look like cancer but will never grow.  So, many doctors will monitor the spots rather than resort to surgery. But, radiologists say that monitoring is not simple and many primary care doctors don’t know how to do it yet. And some patients worry that – if it is cancer – it will spread. This story will look at the challenges that lung cancer screening is presenting and how doctors are handling them.

So I will postCapture something like this:

This article about patient-centered care and lung cancer screening is relevant because patients have to make a lot of decisions after a scan turns up a spot or a “lesion” — a sort of generic term for abnormalities that show up in scans.  (I do disagree  with the author that breast screening has been “successful.” )

Here’s an excerpt from the article about the study. Dr. Gruden will be a good source.  

“With the success of the breast cancer screening model and recognition of the radiologist’s role in educating the public on imaging-based cancer screening, lung cancer screening programs afford a clear opportunity for radiologists to meet, consult with, and educate patients,” wrote lead author James F. Gruden, MD, department of radiology at Weill Cornell Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian, and colleagues. “The exact nature of this interaction depends on preferences of both the individual patient and the referring physician and on the specifics of the interaction (consultative or results reporting and discussion).”

 

 

 

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