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… some variation,” said Methodist radiation oncologist Ming-yang Hung, MD . “Maybe the patient is breathing differently that day, maybe their positioning is slightly off, or they have more gas … their stomach. All these things can affect where the tumor sits in their body. So, you mark a 1- to 2-centimeter margin of healthy tissue around that tumor to account for those variations – just to make sure you’re always hitting the mark.” But 1 to 2 centimeters is plenty of healthy tissue to mess with.   “Take the brain, for example,” …

… in Bellevue, Washington. Appointed to the role of vice president of integrated service is Don Matson, a 13-year veteran with Methodist Health System. Previously Matson was director of … and obtained a master’s in divinity from United Theological Seminary in Dayton. Matson is past vice chairman of the board of directors for WasteCap Nebraska, is president of the Nebraska Association of Nutrition and Food Service Professionals and a board …

… developments to determine how to best support their students. “We all know that nursing is a professional degree. (Nursing) is a profession,” Mindy Barna, NMC’s dean of nursing and vice president of operations, told Newsweek. “What the major confusion has come down to is how it is being described through federal financial aid.” Newsweek: America’s Top Nursing …

… The flu versus the coronavirus argument is still bouncing around based on the simplistic comparison of the death toll between the two … In Nebraska, that has already happened as COVID-19 deaths last week passed Nebraska’s official count of deaths from this flu season. Dr. Robert Penn, medical director of infection and prevention for Methodist Hospital, said the seasonal flu outbreak each year is always unpredictable, and the 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak raised alarms at the time but turned out …

… swath of Nebraska attended the inaugural Dan Lydiatt Honorary Lecture Series.  Dr. Dan Lydiatt is the medical director of the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center and the senior member of the head and neck surgical oncology group at the hospital. Currently, no official certification exists for such centers, said Dr. Bill Lydiatt, a head and neck surgical …

… the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. “We all know that nursing is a professional degree. [Nursing] is a profession.” Mindy Barna, NMC’s dean of nursing and vice president of operations, told Newsweek . “What the major confusion has come down to is how it is being described through federal financial aid.”  Newsweek: America’s Top Nursing …