Douglas Flora, Executive Medical Director of Yung Family Cancer Center at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, President-Elect of the Association of Cancer Care Centers, and Editor in Chief of AI in Precision Oncology, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“We are all hungry for a different kind of conversation about cancer care.
In oncology, we’re trained to look for the signal amidst the noise. The shadow that shouldn’t be there. The rhythm that skips a beat. The truth hiding in plain sight.
I glanced at my LinkedIn analytics this morning for the first time in months—1,011,536 impressions?! It’s surreal to even think about that many people paying attention to anything I have to say.
But here’s what I think it actually signals: we’re all hungry for a different kind of conversation about cancer care. We’re tired of the status quo, anxious about how fast AI is moving, yet quietly hopeful about what it might mean for our patients.
This community has made me a better student. Knowing people are actually reading these posts has pushed me to dig deeper, read more, and think harder about what’s worth sharing. Your comments and debates have taught me as much as anything I’ve written.
More than that, you gave me the courage to speak up. There’s real vulnerability in putting your thoughts out there as a physician. We’re trained to be authoritative, not speculative. But your encouragement helped me find my voice—and eventually write Rebooting Cancer Care. That book wouldn’t exist without this community proving to me that people were ready for this conversation.
Looking back in the video below at what’s resonated most: it’s the personal, honest, real posts. The ones that say we can hope for—and demand—better for our patients and the people who care for them.”
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