Army Physician Career Satisfaction Based on a Medical Corps Survey.

Introduction: It is critical the U.S. Army retains skilled physicians in the Medical Corps (MC) to ensure direct support to military operations and medical readiness.

Cancer rates, medical comorbidities, and treatment modalities in the oldest patients.

Cancer disproportionately afflicts older patients, with 56% of incident diagnoses and 71% of deaths occurring in this population. Yet little is known about the "oldest of the old", oncology patients underrepresented in clinical trials. We examined elderly veterans diagnosed with lung, colorectal, prostate or head-neck cancer in 2005 (n=194,797), analyses comparing treatment receipt by age group, 70-84 versus 85-115.