Ryon GrafSep 17, 2013Quantifying 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 ...
Ryon GrafSep 14, 2013Med 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 Medic...
Ryon GrafSep 10, 2013The Future was Yesterday at the 25th Usha Mahajani Symposium on Cancer Genomics at the Salk Institut10 September 2013 Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the 25th Usha Mahajani Symposium at the Salk Institute. This year’s theme was...
Ryon GrafSep 6, 2013All 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 head-ba...
RyonAug 21, 2013How Big Data Could Mitigate Cancer Drug Side-Effects22 August 2013 As an oncologist, when I sit with patients to discuss starting a new chemotherapy regimen, their first questions are often...
Ryon GrafAug 15, 2013The 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 o...
Ryon GrafJul 26, 2013Taking a Big Data approach to clinical trials in cancer26 July 2013 Commentary The current culture surrounding clinical trials hinders our ability to learn from our failures. Currently availa...
Ryon GrafJul 15, 2013Pedal the Cause15 July 2013 This October I will ride my bike from the ocean to the mountains and back to promote cancer research and healthier living. ...
Ryon GrafJul 12, 2013Survivorship Bias12 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 o...
Ryon GrafJul 5, 2013Another manuscript accepted!5 July 2013 More good news today. I just received notification that my second primary author paper (my first review article) has success...
Ryon GrafJun 28, 2013Circulating Tumor Cells28 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...
Ryon GrafJun 24, 2013Acupuncture: Theatrical Placebo?24 June 2013 I recently came across something I rarely see in the medical literature: a review systematically dismissing a popular treatm...
Ryon GrafJun 5, 2013Two 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 ...
Ryon GrafMay 15, 2013Why Gene Patents Matter for Personalized Medicine15 May 2013 This past year I’ve intently followed developments in personalized medicine, especially cancer, as technological advances in ...
Ryon GrafApr 22, 2013An anti-diabetic drug to fight cancer? Metformin use associated with greater survival in Ovarian Ca22 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 ov...
Ryon GrafApr 7, 2013Enlightenment From Suffering? Walking In The Shadow of Cancer7 April 2013 Good morning, dear readers. I was in lab sipping coffee and updating notebooks this calm Sunday morning when I stumbled acr...
Ryon GrafApr 2, 2013The 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 bi-wee...
Ryon GrafFeb 22, 2013Crippling 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 report...
Ryon GrafFeb 21, 2013Cancer 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...
Ryon GrafFeb 15, 2013The mind DOES matter: psychology affects cancer patient outcomes15 February 2013 Original Research Commentary It’s been anecdotally said that when it comes to fighting cancer, attitude affects outcome....