Wafik S. El-Deiry: Important advice for patients in an era where test results are released directly

Wafik S. El-Deiry shared on LinkedIn:

“Important advice for patients in an era where test results are released directly.

Stressed over medical test results? As an oncologist, here’s my advice.

There’s no shame in viewing your test results alongside your doctor. It’s what I do too.

BY MIKKAEL A. SEKERES, MD

‘he showed up to my clinic concerned about results from a CT scan that his kidney cancer doctor had ordered, and which my patient had viewed in his medical record before his other doctor had even seen them.’

‘During the time we were treating his leukemia, it looked like his kidney cancer saw its opportunity to return with a vengeance.’

‘If you see an abnormality, are you okay living with that information until you can discuss it with a doctor? There’s no shame in saying no.’”

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Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals.

He is the Editor in Chief at Oncotarget. Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry’s research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development.