Topic
cancer
- Hot Dogs and Process Replication
Stuart Buck with a fascinating piece on the seemingly simple but deceivingly hard process of replicating studies. Two labs were collaborating on a breast cancer study, and ran into surprising challenges getting the sa…
- Peter Attia on Colorectal Cancer Screening
Peter Attia is speaking my language here: In my practice, we typically encourage average-risk individuals to get a colonoscopy by age 40, but even sooner if anything suggests they may be at higher risk. This includes…
- The 5 Revolutions in Cancer Treatment
This talk from Jonathan Lim gives a good overview of how the newest treatments for cancer work — radiation/chemo, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and ecDNA. I wrote about my experience with immunotherapy and how it…
- The Infinity Machine
This one is part book review and part reflection on some personal experience, a chance to write about some science related to a harrowing past experience. A couple of years ago I had a run in with genetics-gone-wrong,…
- Interview with Keith Flaherty, MD
Dr. Keith Flaherty is an oncologist specializing in targeted therapy treatments, with a background in studying and treating varieties of melanoma. I listened to this extended interview with him on Peter Attia's The Dr…