Tag: cancer

Cancer Immunotherapy: “Jumping Fences” To Get “The Good Stuff” Sooner

Decades ago when I was a patient of a pediatric hematology/oncology practice in Boston, I arrived for an early morning appointment to find one of the nurses crying. I always wondered how the smiling blue eyes of my hematologist, Dr. David Rosenthal, never wavered or how the rest of the medical staff maintained such cheerful … Continued

October 4, 2018

From Parent to Patient Advocate: Advocating for the Right Medical Care For Your Child – What Every Parent Needs to Know

Your child has a brain tumor. I can’t remember exactly how or who said those words to my husband and me. Our 7-month old daughter had been admitted into the hospital for tests several days before—failure to thrive was the initial diagnosis. As it turned out, she was a lot sicker than her pediatrician initially … Continued

April 11, 2016