Gene Friday Series: The Encyclopedia Analogy
This blog is part 3 of 4 of our "Gene" Fridays series on cancer genetics. To help people understand the complexity of cancer and the series… Read More »Gene Friday Series: The Encyclopedia Analogy
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Gene Friday Series – No Two Cancers are the Same
This blog is part 2 of 4 of our "Gene" Fridays series on cancer genetics. Pancreas cancer was one of the first cancer genomes Dr. Bert Vogelstein… Read More »Gene Friday Series – No Two Cancers are the Same
“Gene” Friday Series: Understanding Cancer Genetics
This blog is part 1 of 4 of our "Gene" Fridays series on cancer genetics. There is no one better suited to explain the intricacies… Read More »“Gene” Friday Series: Understanding Cancer Genetics
Waiting Room Observations
Over the last thirty years, about every decade I’ve found myself in a cancer center waiting room--first in 1984 with my husband, in 1999 with… Read More »Waiting Room Observations
Lung Cancer: Still the Top Cancer Killer
Recent news of the full results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) published in the New England Journal of Medicine underscores the heavy toll… Read More »Lung Cancer: Still the Top Cancer Killer
Getting Personal About Personalized Cancer Medicine
I got into this business 25 years ago, when my husband was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. I was a newlywed, and at 22-years-old, I faced the prospect of being a widow. The evening we learned the shocking news, I remember leaving the hospital to return home. I was numb with fear. I went into our bedroom and picked up the T-shirt he had casually dropped on the bed before we left for what we believed would be a brief doctor’s visit. I didn’t expect to be returning to our home alone. I pressed the shirt to my face and breathed in his scent and sobbed uncontrollably.
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