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Canadian physician here: yeah, this is hell for us trying to reach patients through the hospital system, which is "unknown" by default. Straight to voicemail and you can't really l…

I'm a radiation oncologist specializing in lung cancer. Here's my take: Immunotherapy is really revolutionizing the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic lung cancer. Howeve…

As an academic physician myself, I've been thinking about this for some time. There are many parts to this answer. First, what makes a good physician? It's not all about being able…

Thanks; I'm in a similar situation myself. I'll look into those references.

Never heard of it before. That group seems to have published a phase II trial so I would assume they'd be looking at a phase III. I always look at "promising results" with skeptici…

Cancer research is not an easy field and many are better than me in that regard. But food for thoughts: A screening test with 30% false positive is not a great test. One in three t…

As was pointed out before, those are unpublished results. We cannot extract any significant information from this article. For example, in many early phase trials, the standard tre…

There are many. Personally I will read the NCCN recommendations and discussion section. They're updated frequently. UpToDate is another website I like. I subscribe to Medscape onco…

I'm a radiation oncologist. I strongly advise you ask your questions to an oncologist. The amount of information available is simply crazy and "normal people" can rarely appreciate…

And a "pause" button, so it would stop yelling at you when you stop to get something to eat - gas - bathroom.

agree with spartango. Cancer is extremely complex and any simplistic approach is BS (or a money grab). Staying away from the internet and asking questions directly to the oncologis…

Radiation oncologist here. It's impossible for me to say much, but his drop in estimated survival rate is probably not strictly related to his tumor being infected. However, he pro…