Matching the Technology
I've just had a brilliant 'oncology for non-oncologists' lecture from Dr Alice Freebairn. Lots of juicy numbers to remember, some curious facts, a lot of insightful and touching anecdote. I liked it a lot.
For instance:
4 Gray would likely kill me. But she'd happily fire 66 at my oesophagus.
We have 30k new cases of Lung Ca a year now.
Br Ca is the commonest Ca in women, but they're more likely to die of lung Ca. (The old incindence/mortality chestnut answered at last!)
But she says one sentence that will stay with me for a long time:
"I like my job, because I get do do an awful lot. But with 6 patients and the same pathology, you'll have six different treatments. My job is to match the technology with the human being sitting in front of me."
One day, hopefully, I'll have the knowledge to say the same.
For instance:
4 Gray would likely kill me. But she'd happily fire 66 at my oesophagus.
We have 30k new cases of Lung Ca a year now.
Br Ca is the commonest Ca in women, but they're more likely to die of lung Ca. (The old incindence/mortality chestnut answered at last!)
But she says one sentence that will stay with me for a long time:
"I like my job, because I get do do an awful lot. But with 6 patients and the same pathology, you'll have six different treatments. My job is to match the technology with the human being sitting in front of me."
One day, hopefully, I'll have the knowledge to say the same.
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