2.03 Dr. Charles Moertel and the Modern Oncologist & Cancer Screening 101 with Dr. Adam Obley

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Policy, Oncology, Science & Medicine, Medicine, Health

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

This week we launch a new segment on Plenary Session: Question of the Week! We invite Dr. Sven Olson on to ask a sample hematology/oncology boards question and we invite Audrey Tran on to ask a question from a medical student. Before that, we talk about the legacy of Dr. Charles Moertel and how modern oncologists, in contrast, will be remembered. We end the episode with an interview with Dr. Adam Obley of OHSU -- his fourth appearance on the podcast! -- on cancer screening. Dr. Moertel's obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/obituaries/charles-moertel-66-studied-treatment-and-cost-of-cancer.html Faith Lost, a Doctor Turns Bitter: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-12-mn-34516-story.html Not So Silver Lining: doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.73 Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy: https://www.crcpress.com/Mammography-Screening-Truth-Lies-and-Controversy/Gotzsche/p/book/9781846195853 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

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0:00.0	Welcome to Plenary Session. I'm your host, Dr. Vinay Prasad.
0:05.0	I'm a practicing hematologist oncologist and I'm associate professor of medicine.
0:10.0	I'm interested in issues at the intersection of medicine, oncology, and health policy, and that's what you're going to get on this podcast.
0:18.0	Welcome to Season 2.
0:20.0	This week on Plenary Session, we have a few things in store for you. Welcome to Season 2.
0:24.6	This week on Plenary Session, we have a few things in store for you. First, I'm going to talk to you about the legendary oncologist, Dr. Charles Mortel, who
0:29.1	passed away in 1994.
0:30.6	I've discovered an interesting article about him that I think puts a lot of modern things in context.
0:36.6	Next, we have two new segments for you this week.
0:39.6	We have Question of the Week with Dr. Sven Olson,
0:42.3	where we're going to be doing hematology oncology boards review questions
0:45.6	with one of the chief fellows.
0:47.9	Next, we have a session with Audrey Tran called Questions from a Medical Student.
0:51.9	On this segment, we're going to be taking questions from a medical student. And we're going to see how one faculty member, namely me, answer those
0:58.3	questions with all of my biases and based on little to know evidence at all. Then we have an
1:03.7	interview with Dr. Adam Obly. This time, this is Screening 101. I've read so many misconceptions
1:09.8	about cancer screening online that I want to pull all my hair out.
1:13.7	I can't believe people haven't learned even the most basic fundamentals about cancer screening.
1:19.3	Well, I brought one of the master educators here, Dr. Adam Obley.
1:22.6	I got him back in the studio, and I have him to give us Screening 101.
1:27.1	This is a discussion you must listen to
1:29.2	if you care about cancer screening and want to speak correctly about the data. You won't want to
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