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Using “The Avengers” to explain how cancer treatments work.

In a recent talk I gave for colleagues, I ventured outside the box. I searched for a metaphor to make cancer treatments easy to understand. Around the same time, it so happened my kids decided we needed to re-watch all of The Avengers movies at home. (in order – of course). Here’s where you get…

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Adjuvant chemotherapy: Why did my doctor tell me that I need chemotherapy after surgery?

post updated 3/15/19 Adjuvant chemotherapy, what is it? This comprehensive post will break it down for you, with an easy to understand example included. One of the most common questions I hear as a medical oncologist from my patients at an initial visit is: “My surgeon told me she got all the cancer.  So why…

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