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A patient and pathologist explore lung cancer together

A patient and pathologist explore lung cancer together

We met on social media after a Twitter chat on lung cancer.It was an unlikely connection — an artist on a long journey with cancer (Linnea) and a pathologist (Michael).But it is one we hope can be a model for others down the road.We believe that closer, more personal connections between physicians, including pathologists, and their patients can create a better understanding of cancer, from both scientific and humanistic perspectives.


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An NHS patient is live-tweeting what it's like living with cancer

An NHS patient is live-tweeting what it's like living with cancer

LONDON — The UK's National Health Service has launched a new initiative to show the personal stories behind the huge organisation.The initiative — which began Monday to coincide with the launch of the NHS' official Twitter account — will see a different NHS patient or member of staff become curator each week over a three-month period.Cancer patient Richard Orchard — who's currently a patient at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust — is the first to take over the account.SEE ALSO: The cancer empathy cards that say more than just 'f**k cancer'Orchard will be sharing his experience of living with and being treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer all this week.


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'I have half a head missing': Doctor should have caught cancer earlier, patient says

'I have half a head missing': Doctor should have caught cancer earlier, patient says

After surgery, radiation and months of pain, a Winnipeg woman in the middle of battling a rare form of cancer says her doctor should have caught the disease months earlier."I have half a head missing, so it doesn't feel good.I have no hair, so I just feel like there's a part of me missing," said Rachael Sawka, 23, a criminology major at the University of Manitoba.In January, Sawka visited her doctor at Seven Oaks Hospital after noticing a toonie-sized bump on the back of her neck.