FAQs About Cancer

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published January 4, 2010 | By Dr Harman | 5 Comments

What is palliative care? I get this question at least once a day, not only from patients and families but also from other clinicians. While many GRACE members are familiar with palliative care, there still exists a lot of confusion out there about what palliative care exactly is. To be honest, back when I started medical school, I didn’t know what it was myself.

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published March 10, 2011 | By Dr Ramchandran 

From the Grace Archives | Originally published August 12, 2012 | By Dr West 

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published November 12, 2014 | By Dr. Weiss

Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer; 85% of lung cancer patients have smoked at some point in their lives (or, stated another way, 15% of lung cancer patients have never smoked).  While quitting smoking certainly decreases the risk of getting lung cancer, more than half of lung cancer happens in people who have quit. 

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published November 13, 2014 | By Dr. Weiss 

Smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer – 85% of lung cancer patients have smoked at some point in their lives (or, stated another way, 15% of lung cancer patients have never smoked).  While quitting smoking certainly decreases the risk of getting lung cancer, more than half of lung cancer happens in people who have quit.  

Reason #3 to not blame the lung cancer patient:

From the Grace Archives | Originally Published July 30, 2011 | By Dr West 

Our weekly thoracic tumor board, a multidisciplinary meeting with multiple specialists in thoracic oncology all converging together to discuss management possibilities for challenging cases, has long been a highlight of my experience at my institution. I really enjoy working with my colleagues, and we have good discussions that sometimes reach a clear consensus but are always thought-provoking.

From the GRACE Archives -- Originally Published November 5, 2009 | By Dr. Weiss