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After Twenty Years, It Still Hurts
Why That's Exactly What Keeps Me Going
Feb 14
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What Patients Count
What we measure in cancer care—and what we should
Feb 7
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When the Weight Becomes Unbearable: A Note on Showing Up
On carrying what we cannot fix, and serving where we can
Jan 31
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What We Carry Together
On the Invisible Burdens of Cancer—and the Privilege of Sharing Them
Nov 30, 2025
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Someone You Know Is Fighting a Battle You Can’t See
This has been my favorite image of 2025.
Jan 17
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They’re Not Looking for Ivermectin—They’re Looking for Agency
Oct 8, 2025
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What We Carry Together
Nov 30, 2025
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The Cure of the Part: Why Cancer Care Must Finally Embrace the Whole Patient
Dec 29, 2025
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The Shade We Never Sit Under: A Letter to the Patients Who Made Tomorrow Possible
Nov 24, 2025
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They’re Not Looking for Ivermectin—They’re Looking for Agency
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What We Carry Together
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The Cure of the Part: Why Cancer Care Must Finally Embrace the Whole Patient
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The Shade We Never Sit Under: A Letter to the Patients Who Made Tomorrow Possible
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When the Weight Becomes Unbearable: A Note on Showing Up
Jan 31
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Going at It Boldly: Why Starting Matters More Than Perfect Planning
“Go at it boldly, and you’ll find unexpected forces closing round you and coming to your aid.”
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They’re Not Looking for Ivermectin—They’re Looking for Agency
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Stephen Covey.
Oct 8, 2025
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Stop Preparing For AI. Start Using It.
Your 12-Week Resolution for 2026
Dec 24, 2025
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Rebooting Medicine's Peripheral Brain: AI is this generation's Washington manual
What a 19th-century thermometer can teach us about AI and the future of the physician
Jan 18
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The Seventy Percent Horizon: A Milestone in the Long War
American Cancer Society Facts and Figures is out today: Progress, guys!
Jan 13
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The Cure of the Part: Why Cancer Care Must Finally Embrace the Whole Patient
On Precision Mental Health for Oncology Patients and Their Caregivers
Dec 29, 2025
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Rebooting Cancer Care by Doug Flora, MD
Can AI make cancer care more human again? The Editor-in-Chief of AI in Precision Oncology explores how technology is about to reboot cancer care.
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Dec 23, 2025
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The IV League: Why Elite Cancer Care Depends on Nurses
“Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for…
Dec 15, 2025
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Enter the Cave
On Administering Medicine vs. Practicing It
Dec 8, 2025
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The Surplus of Blessing:
What One Doctor’s Gift Taught Me About Hope
Dec 5, 2025
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4.5 Million More Chairs at Thanksgiving Tables
A Reflection on How Far We’ve Come in the Fight Against Cancer
Nov 26, 2025
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