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Is Cancer Ever Cured? With Dr. Jeanna Ford

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Learn the terms healthcare teams use after cancer treatment is complete, and why they hesitate to use the word "cured." https://bit.ly/3FfnfUx

Advances in cancer diagnosis, screening, and treatment have greatly improved the 5-year survival rates of most people with cancer over the last 30 years. Long-term survivors of cancer are more and more common, and research is increasingly directed at helping people live well after a diagnosis of cancer. But even so, many oncologists still hesitate to use the word “cure” with their patients. We talk with Dr. Jeanne Ford about the difference between the terms No Evidence of Disease (NED), remission, cure, and cancer free.

In this Episode:

03:11 | Travel-Vermont and Vermont Chicken Pot Pie
04:25 | The Trouble with Using the Phrase "Cancer Free"
10:20 | Why We Don't Say Cancer is Cured
12:00 | How Dr Ford Explains NED to Her Patients
19:17 | What Does "Cure" Really Mean?
29:38 | How Do Native Communities Treat the Concept of a Cancer Cure
32:51 | The Role of Hope and How to Deliver Honest Information
37:28 | Addressing Fear of Recurrence and Uncertainty about Future
44:13 | Cancer Survivorship and Surveillance
46:03 | Outro

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Travel-Vermont and Vermont Chicken Pot Pie (00:03:11)

3. The Trouble with Using the Phrase “Cancer Free” (00:04:25)

4. Why We Don’t Say Cancer is Cured (00:10:20)

5. How Dr Ford Explains NED to Her Patients (00:12:00)

6. What Does “Cure” Really Mean? (00:19:17)

7. How Do Native Communities Treat the Concept of a Cancer Cure? (00:29:38)

8. The Role of Hope, and How to Deliver Honest Information (00:32:51)

9. Addressing Fear of Recurrence and Uncertainty about Future (00:37:28)

10. Cancer Survivorship and Surveillance (00:44:13)

11. Outro (00:46:03)

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