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    Quantifying the Harms of Overdiagnosis?
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    • Sep 17, 2013

    Quantifying the Harms of Overdiagnosis?

    17 September 2013 A central tenant of the Hippocratic Oath is “Do No Harm” and a recent article brought to my attention how few clinical...
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    Med Into Grad begins!
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    • Sep 14, 2013

    Med Into Grad begins!

    16 September 2013 I’m proud to announce that I’m taking part in the 2013-2014 Med Into Grad Initiative hosted by the UCSD School of...
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    The Future was Yesterday at the 25th Usha Mahajani Symposium on Cancer Genomics at the Salk Institut
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    • Sep 10, 2013

    The Future was Yesterday at the 25th Usha Mahajani Symposium on Cancer Genomics at the Salk Institut

    10 September 2013 Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the 25th Usha Mahajani Symposium at the Salk Institute. This year’s theme was...
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    All the kids are above average…
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    • Sep 6, 2013

    All the kids are above average…

    6 September 2013 Didactic cognitive bias education could be very useful for medical researchers (and would have saved me a lot of...
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    How Big Data Could Mitigate Cancer Drug Side-Effects
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    • Aug 21, 2013

    How Big Data Could Mitigate Cancer Drug Side-Effects

    22 August 2013 As an oncologist, when I sit with patients to discuss starting a new chemotherapy regimen, their first questions are often...
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    The first anti-metastatic drug for young women?
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    • Aug 15, 2013

    The first anti-metastatic drug for young women?

    (See ryongraf.com for more articles) 15 August 2013 Mini-Review Research Commentary The first drug that specifically targets the spread...
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    Taking a Big Data approach to clinical trials in cancer
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    • Jul 26, 2013

    Taking a Big Data approach to clinical trials in cancer

    26 July 2013 Commentary The current culture surrounding clinical trials hinders our ability to learn from our failures. Currently...
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    Pedal the Cause
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    • Jul 15, 2013

    Pedal the Cause

    15 July 2013 This October I will ride my bike from the ocean to the mountains and back to promote cancer research and healthier living. ...
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    Survivorship Bias
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    • Jul 12, 2013

    Survivorship Bias

    12 July 2013 Today I’m writing in a slightly less formal style as I share a few thoughts floating through my head, dear reader. I have...
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    • Jul 5, 2013

    Another manuscript accepted!

    5 July 2013 More good news today. I just received notification that my second primary author paper (my first review article) has...
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    Circulating Tumor Cells
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    • Jun 28, 2013

    Circulating Tumor Cells

    28 June 2013 Lately I’ve been reading up on circulating tumor cells: cells that are from the tumor(s) of a cancer patient that wind up in...
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    Acupuncture: Theatrical Placebo?
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    • Jun 24, 2013

    Acupuncture: Theatrical Placebo?

    24 June 2013 I recently came across something I rarely see in the medical literature: a review systematically dismissing a popular...
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    • Jun 5, 2013

    Two publications in one week!

    5 June 2013 Within the span of one hour this morning I received news of not one, but two publications, including my first primary author...
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    Why Gene Patents Matter for Personalized Medicine
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    • May 15, 2013

    Why Gene Patents Matter for Personalized Medicine

    15 May 2013 This past year I’ve intently followed developments in personalized medicine, especially cancer, as technological advances in...
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    An anti-diabetic drug to fight cancer?  Metformin use associated with greater survival in Ovarian Ca
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    • Apr 22, 2013

    An anti-diabetic drug to fight cancer? Metformin use associated with greater survival in Ovarian Ca

    22 April 2013 Today I came across a very interesting case-control study by Kumar et al. on the effects of metformin on the outcomes of...
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    Enlightenment From Suffering?  Walking In The Shadow of Cancer
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    • Apr 7, 2013

    Enlightenment From Suffering? Walking In The Shadow of Cancer

    7 April 2013 Good morning, dear readers. I was in lab sipping coffee and updating notebooks this calm Sunday morning when I stumbled...
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    The future: will tumor genomic profiling make current diagnosis obsolete?
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    • Apr 2, 2013

    The future: will tumor genomic profiling make current diagnosis obsolete?

    2 April 2013 What happens when it’s impossible to tell where the cancer came from? This morning I attended a great discussion at a...
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    Crippling disease or crippling debt?
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    • Feb 22, 2013

    Crippling disease or crippling debt?

    22 February 2013 A new generation of anti-caner therapies are truly marvels of science and engineering, with a hefty price tag. As...
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    • Feb 21, 2013

    Cancer for Dummies is two years old!

    21 February 2013 My Cancer for Dummies blog turned two years old. How time flies! Cancer for Dummies started as an experiment in science...
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    The mind DOES matter: psychology affects cancer patient outcomes
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    • Feb 15, 2013

    The mind DOES matter: psychology affects cancer patient outcomes

    15 February 2013 Original Research Commentary It’s been anecdotally said that when it comes to fighting cancer, attitude affects outcome....
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