Neeraj Agarwal: Why Words Matter in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Oct 31, 2024, 12:49

Neeraj Agarwal: Why Words Matter in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Neeraj Agarwal, Professor of Medicine, and a Presidential Endowed Chair of Cancer Research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), University of Utah, shared on X:

“Words have power: to empower, to teach, and to optimize, but also to scare, to confuse, and to withhold

For our patients with prostate cancer Prostate Cancer Foundation roundtable team asks to avoid words like ‘castration,’ and adapt the following link.”

Neeraj Agarwal: Why Words Matter in Advanced Prostate Cancer

What’s in a Name? Why Words Matter in Advanced Prostate Cancer | European Urology

Authors: William K. Oh, Neeraj Agarwal, Alan Bryce, Pedro Barata, Courtney Bugler, Sigrid V. Carlsson, Brad Cornell, William Dahut, Daniel George, Stacy Loeb, Bruce Montgomery, David Morris, Lorelei A. Mucci, Aurelius Omlin, Ganesh Palapattu, Irbaz Bin Riaz, Charles Ryan, Martin W. Schoen, Samuel L. Washington III, Silke Gillessen

Neeraj Agarwal: Why Words Matter in Advanced Prostate Cancer

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Neeraj Agarwal is a Professor of Medicine, and a Presidential Endowed Chair of Cancer Research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), University of Utah. He also directs the Genitourinary Oncology (GU) Program, and the Center of Investigational Therapeutics (CIT) at the HCI. Dr. Agarwal is an Advisor to the Oncology Drug Advisory Committee and the United States Food and Drug Administration, leads early therapeutics in the SWOG genitourinary cancers committee, and is the Chief Editor of ASCO Daily News.