marckemil

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by marckemil 5y ago
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 leave a message. Totally agree though, this pr
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by marckemil 8y ago
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. However, a "revolution" in our world is improv
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by marckemil 9y ago
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 to diagnose diseases, because let's face i
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by marckemil 10y ago
Thanks; I'm in a similar situation myself. I'll look into those references.
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by marckemil 11y ago
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 skepticism, especially when the authors have a direct
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by marckemil 11y ago
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 test takers would be positive, requiring more investigations
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by marckemil 11y ago
As was pointed out before, those are unpublished results.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 treatment is often given WITH the new drug (or vaccine), so we&
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by marckemil 11y ago
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 oncology for cancer related news. Meetings are also a good
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by marckemil 11y ago
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 the subtleties of a disease and its treatmen
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by marckemil 12y ago
And a "pause" button, so it would stop yelling at you when you stop to get something to eat - gas - bathroom.
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by marckemil 13y ago
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 oncologist is usually the best thing to do.
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by marckemil 13y ago
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 probably has some sort of genetic predisposition to have c