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cancer communication
Finding Her Voice: How One Little Girl’s Loss Became a Lifelong Lesson in Listening
When Martha Raymond, the Founder and CEO of the GI Cancers Alliance and the Raymond Foundation, was seven years old, she lost her father to colon cancer. Years later, her mother's illness would change the course of her own life.…
Cancer is Universal. Meaning is Not!
She nodded when I said cancer. Only later did I understand that she had heard something else. The consultation unfolded with clinical precision. The translation was accurate. From a professional perspective, nothing was missing. And yet everything was. When I…
Reflections on Patient-Centred Decision-Making in Oncology
After more than a decade in oncology practice, I have come to recognise that my professional development has been shaped as much by patients’ stories as by scientific progress. While advances in systemic therapies, diagnostics, and supportive care continue to…