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Cancer doctors don’t advise patients about lifestyle changes

According to a recent Reuters survey, cancer specialists rarely advise their patients on how to improve their health by making lifestyle changes. When doctors from a Midwestern health system were surveyed, the results showed that oncologists were much less likely to offer their patients strategies for a healthier lifestyle, compared to primary care physicians. Researchers surveyed 30 primary care physicians, 30 oncologists and 31 physicians in other specialties, such as urologists,...