Christopher Foster

1 day ago | kevinmd.com | Susan Levenstein |Robert Pearl |Christopher Foster |Jay Anders

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Physician and clinical researcher Chris Apfel discusses his article, “Functional precision oncology: a game changer in cancer therapy.” Chris explains that functional precision oncology takes a highly personalized approach by testing a patient’s live tumor cells outside the body (ex-vivo) against a panel of cancer drugs to directly observe which treatments are most effective against that specific cancer.

2 days ago | kevinmd.com | Christopher Foster |Susan Levenstein |Sean Lee Jordan |Martha Rosenberg

Introduction: Financing cancer or fighting it? Tobacco remains the single largest preventable cause of cancer worldwide, responsible for nearly 8 million deaths annually, including 1.2 million from exposure to secondhand smoke. Despite decades of public health efforts, global tobacco use continues to pose a significant threat to cancer prevention. The question remains: Are we truly winning the war against the world’s leading carcinogen, or are we merely negotiating with death?

1 month ago | kevinmd.com | Christopher Foster |Taylor Christensen |Robert Pearl |Michelle Detka

Every time I turn on the television, there’s another commercial for a new drug treating a condition I’ve never even heard of. It’s constant. And honestly, it’s exhausting. I can’t help but wonder: What happened to real care? I remember a time, 35, maybe 40 years ago, when doctors knew your name. They looked you in the eye. They read your chart. They listened to what you had to say before deciding. They were not tethered to computers or rushing off to the next patient.