Hi (name left out for confidentiality). As far as I know (and seen), radio therapy and chemo rarely works for lung cancer (the chemo in tablet form is practically useless), unless you have early stage lung cancer (you did not mention the stage). The abdomen and back pain, including not being able to sleep is [...]
Archive for January, 2012
My reply to a lung cancer patient who wrote to me…
Posted in Jan-June 2012 on January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments »
How Do Doctors Die?
Posted in Jan-June 2012, tagged how doctors die on January 16, 2012 | 10 Comments »
How Doctors Die It’s Not Like the Rest of Us, But It Should Be by Ken Murray Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the [...]
