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cancer smoking

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Charis Baumgartner, a clinical nurse coordinator, completes a tobacco assessment of a patient at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers there have found a way to help more patients who want to stop smoking. The successful strategy involves using electronic medical records to help identify smokers when they visit their oncologists and offering help with quitting during such visits.

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Matt Miller

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