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Episode 4: Immovable Objects and Unstoppable Forces
We return to Washington, D.C. In the fall of 1974, the results of Bernie’s clinical trials promise to change the treatment of breast cancer forever... if only it were that easy.
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Episode 3: Microbe Hunters and Magic Bullets
In 1958, Bernie Fisher participated in the first randomized clinical trial in patients with breast cancer. The trial was a disaster, leading most surgeons to abandon the idea of using chemotherapy to cure more patients. Bernie, however, not...
Episode 2: The Knife is the Cure
At the end of the 19th century, a New York surgeon determined that the only way to cure breast cancer was with radical surgery. For the next hundred years, millions of breast cancer survivors bore the mark of his disfiguring approach.
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The Cost of Courage
On a recent , Harry Litman interviewed author Jacob Weisberg about Weisberg’s new book, Profiles in Cowardice. Modeled after President John F. Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize winning tome, Profiles in Courage, Weisberg attempts to answer the quest...
Before the First Cut
A scared young woman sat across from me. She picked her cuticles and barely made eye contact as I flipped through her paper chart. She had presented to a local ER with several months of rectal bleeding and a hemoglobin of 5. She was admitte...
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I'm an oncologist, cancer survivorship expert, and horse mama. I'm here to change the conversation around cancer. You can find out more about me at www.stacywentworth.com.
Former NIH Program Official (2003-2025). Strategic research and innovation leader who helped build large-scale scientific programs at the intersection of emerging technology, ethics, and public impact. Opinions expressed here are my own.
PhD in Population Health Sciences researching how unequal treatment in healthcare happens, and its consequences. Views are my own.
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