Crushing Cancer: Managing A Cancer Diagnosis

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about Colorectal Cancer, because a new study by the American Cancer Society shows that -- while overall cancer deaths in people younger than 50 in the United States has decreased since their last study -- only colorectal cancer mortality has increas ...  Show more

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with Julie Stevens, who at 43 years old, was given a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis—and only a 14% chance of survival. She hosts the podcast MOJO Rising... How to Make Cancer Suck Less - and is the author of MOJO Healing... How to Build a Holistic He ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we cover a host of malignant emergencies. We begin with their categorization, then walk through pertinent history details, physical exam, and your approach to diagnosis and treatment. Written by: Dr. Claire Browne (Internal Medicine resident) and r ...  Show more

Diagnosing cancer in primary care is difficult. Many patients present with non-specific symptoms and the positive predictive value of even the ‘red flag’ symptoms is low. In this podcast, Dr Thomas Round and Professor Willie Hamilton discuss the issues around cancer diagnosis in ...  Show more

When a friend or loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the right words can be hard to come by. The good news: you can’t go wrong with heartfelt authenticity. Guest author, psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen, has some helpful tips for what to say. Plus, the 7 things to avoid at all c ...  Show more

Hear diagnostician Gurpreet Dhaliwal try to solve the case of a patient who came to the emergency room with an unusual combination of symptoms. Plus, we discuss how difficult it is to separate the signal from the noise when treating patients, and how cognitive biases factor into ...  Show more