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Sep 11, 2023, 18:23
Mark Lewis: This week, though, enough time elapsed in a durable remission that I actually got to tell a patient they were cured!
Quoting Mark Lewis on X/Twitter:
”Oncologists tend to be wary of the word “cure”; “remission” is the term we prefer when cancer is undetectable but could still recur. This week, though, enough time elapsed in a durable remission that I actually got to tell a patient they were cured! Hope springs eternal, indeed.”
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Mark A. Lewis is the Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, the Co-Chair of adolescent & young adult (AYA) oncology in the SWOG cooperative group and the Vice President of American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support. Dr. Lewis is also a well-known patient advocate and social media influencer.