AMERICAN CANCER MEDICS ARE NOT STUFFY
For those of us who want to find out what is happening to us and our bodies, we often have to tip-toe around the medical profession in Britain.
Contrast this with what happens in the States.
This year the State of Texas hosts two of the world’s most important conferences on cancer: The Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference (Dec. 6-9 in Houston) which promotes public, academic, government, and industry awareness of the vital importance of cancer prevention science in reducing cancer incidence and mortality. It catalyzes coordinated, focused research in basic, clinical, epidemiological, and behavioural science that promises to accelerate cancer prevention. The exciting ideas presented at this conference will benefit the work of investigators in every prevention sub-speciality and at every level of career development.
And if you are a student, or a lay person -- here’s what can happen ;
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxNa3_DEC5o
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Following on from this is the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (9-13th Dec) has Satellite Symposia, if you can’t get to San Antonio http://www.sabcs.org/SatelliteSymposia/Index.asp
Contrast the openness of the States, with the attitude at the Britain Against Cancer conference. Last year, I wanted to ask representatives from The Christie a question over lunch -- and nearly froze with the stare I got down their noses for daring to ask. Then I heard that my Oncologist, Dr. Stephen Johnston, had given a keynote speech at San Antonio -- so contacted the Royal Marsden press office. I was met by who are you? (I belonged to their PCAG group at that time). Send us an email -- which was never answered. So I emailed Carolyn at Dana Farber, and back zinged the info about Dr. Johnston’s talk.
Patients in Britain do have some brains -- but it reminds me of the scientist who, when she checked in for her operation, was told “you are not a scientist here -- ONLY a patient”.
