Volume
58, Number 2
Spring 2007
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SPECIAL REPORT
SCMA Action on Proposed Closure of Sutter Hospital
“The proposed closure of Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa threatens to decrease access to health care and to diminish choices for both patients and physicians.”
By Phyllis “Jackie” Senter, MD
FEATURE
ARTICLES
Cancer Update
Editorial: One More Round With Muhammad Ali
“There is no other common medical condition with as many
unknowns as cancer.”
By Allan Bernstein, MD
Primary Prevention of Cancer
“The science of cancer prevention is less robust than that
for cardiovascular risk reduction; but we have little to lose,
because by and large the same interventions reduce one
and very likely the other.”
By Bob Dozor, MD, and Ellen Barnett, MD, PhD
An Integrated Approach to Cancer Treatment
“Redwood Regional Medical Group ... is pulling together
specialists in cancer treatment to provide patient-centered
care, as an integrated unit.”
By Loie Sauer, MD, Jay Joseph, MD, and Charles Elboim, MD
Lung Cancer: Overlooked, Underfunded
“Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States for both men and women, and most patients (85%) will die of the disease.”
By Shafqat Akhtar, MD
New Developments in Breast Cancer Research
“The amount of new information generated by breast cancer
research has exploded in recent years.”
By Charles M. Elboim, MD, FACS
DEPARTMENTS
Perspectives: Changes in Culture
“The proposed closure of Sutter Medical Center represents an enormous cultural shift. This shift affects every practicing
physician in the county, some more personally than others.”
By Stacey Kerr, MD
Local Frontiers: For the Greater Good
“While health care is a competitive business, our local health care providers have shown that it is possible to put aside their natural rivalries to address the needs of the community—not only possible but imperative.”
By Penny Vanderwolk, LCSW, and Terry Winter, RN, MPH
Medical Arts: Hidden Talents
“To see how many Sonoma County physicians, spouses, and partners are hiding right-brained masterpieces at home, the SCMA Alliance Foundation recently sent an open call to
participate in our new art show, Hidden Talents.”
By Cathy Kaufman
Current Books: Making Facts into Stories
“American Dreaming [by Dr. Doris Iarovici] is held together
by a theme: the dreams of immigrants. Doris is herself an
immigrant, her family having transplanted themselves from
Romania to New York City when she was five.”
By Colleen Foy Sterling, MD
Medical Arts: The Painting is Finished!
“I am pleased to report that the restoration of the 1896 oil painting by Eugene Pierrot, 'Sonoma County Hospital,' has been completed.”
By Jeremy Dwight Nichols
