Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology

Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "Taking Responsibility" by Dr. Katherine Hicks-Courant, who is a gynecologic oncologist at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. The article is followed by an interview with Hicks-Courant and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Hicks-Courant shares how caring for her father with ALS unexpectedly shaped how she approached her work as a gynecologic oncologist.
LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT

Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "The Small Cemetery Within" by Dr. Hakan Onder, who is a Medical Oncologist at University of Health Sciences Antalya Training and Research Hospital. The article is followed by an interview with Onder and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Onder reflects on the unseen emotional burden carried within oncology, where each clinical encounter leaves a lasting imprint beyond measurable outcomes.
LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT

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.
LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT

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.
LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT

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.
LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT