Happy Easter!

Just a light-hearted reminder that it could always be worse. Although I think this comic says it better:

Perhaps a tad off-topic, but we’ll get back to cancer momentarily.
Enjoy the day and have a chocolate bunny.

The Opposite of OncTalk?

For nearly 18 months now, I’ve been trying to write about complex medical issues in an accessible way that still covers the difficult nuances and shades of gray of these topics. I try to show and weigh the evidence, and when I don’t have an evidence-based answer, I offer my […]

Tarceva or Erlotinib? To-may-to or to-mah-to? You decide.

Dr. Laskin and I have had a bit of a back and forth discussion about the names to use for our treatments in lung cancer. The preference for our clinical meetings is to use the scientific, generic names for drugs — erlotinib instead of tarceva, pemetrexed instead of alimta, etc. […]