Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology

Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "A Shopping List" by Dr. Michael Krasovitsky, who is a medical oncologist at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia and senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. The article is followed by an interview with Krasovitsky and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr. Krasovitsky shares a story of nourishment, serendipity and the unexpected bonds that connect oncologists with patients.
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Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "Indistinguishable from Magic" by Dr. Michael Slade, who is a medical oncologist at Washington University School of Medicine. The article is followed by an interview with Slade and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Slade shares the challenges of day-to-day clinical practice in oncology through the lens of speculative fiction and how we struggle, as physicians and as patients, to tell the difference between what we know and what we can only hope for.
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Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "Room 402" by Dr. Jessica Moore, who is a resident physician in internal medicine at Boston Medical Center and BU school of Medicine. The article is followed by an interview with Moore and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Moore shares how a medical student transforms the grief of losing her aunt in Room 402 into a compassionate and humanistic approach to caring for patients facing the end of life.
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Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "The Liver We Share" by Ryan Wexler, who is a medical student at Boston University School of Medicine. The article is followed by an interview with Wexler and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Wexler shares his first encounter with a hepatectomy, which comes full circle when he becomes a living liver donor for his wife with metastatic pancreatic cancer, reshaping his understanding of medicine as they navigate the uncertainty of her diagnosis together.
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Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "The Good Oncologist: Doctoring Lessons from the Art of Oncology" by Zaltz, et al. The article is followed by an interview with Dr Erica Kaye and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Kaye shares how their qualitative analysis of narrative essays authored by cancer care professionals offers insights into what it means to be a "good oncologist."
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