What questions should i ask a lung cancer specialist for an interview?
I am writing a thesis about lung cancer and I am supposed to interview 2 oncologists. I am not really interested in my assigned topic and i'm quite contented with the information available in the net. What questions should i include in the interview?
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you can ask several things: 1. Do patients have unreal expectations? 2. Are they compliant? 3. Has the internet changed the knowledge level of your patients? 4. Has the internet helped or hurt thier level of knowledge/understanding/perceptions? 5. What is their comfort level about discussing death with the patients?
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Did you know that lung cancer is the most fatal cancer? The number of people that die of lung cancer is more than the people that die of both breast and prostate cancer COMBINED. In fact more people die of lung cancer than the next 3 most lethal cancers combined. It's a common, lethal cancer. People find it boring b/c it's associate with smoking and (IMO) there's a stigma of "well, what did you expect" with lung CA and smokers. AIDS carries a similar stigma. Lung cancer survival hasn't changed dramatically in 20+ years. Current hot topics in Lung Cancer is the use of screening for high risk patients. Several prior studies of screening haven't shown an improvement in survival versus more conservative approaches, but that may be changing with a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, which was out last fall. In that trial lung cancers were found earlier (80% were early stage) and the survival was improved in the cancer patients as compared with historical controls. Also, there's some reason for optimism with advanced lung cancers. A new medication directed against tumor blood vessels when combined with chemotherapy showed an improvement in survival in patients with metastatic lung cancer compared with chemotherapy alone. The survival was only 2 months longer, but it was an exciting finding in a group of patients that respond poorly to therapy. Many groups are now using this medication in patient with earlier stage lung cancers. Just a couple things to get you started....
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1) If I am hospitalized, how long do you think i will be there? 2) Are any preparations necessary beforehand, like blood tests? 3) What is the latest research on my type of Cancer? 4) Are there any alternative treatment methods I could consider?
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1. What is the newest treatment for lung cancers? 2. What you think about the lawsuits against Phillip Morris? 3, What can you do to prevent lung cancer 4. Approximately how many lung ca pts are you treating now? 5. Has the cure rate of lung cancer gone up in the last 20 yrs 6. What is the cure rate for lung cancer currently? 7. Do you believe cigarette smoking is related to lung cancer? 8. What made you decide to become an expert in lung cancer 9. Do you believe in God and do you believe faith has any impact on the cure rate of cancers? 10. What is the most important advice you can give someone who is caring for a lung cancer pt. 11. What are the signs and symptoms of lung cancer? 12. Do you reccomend hospice for your terminal pts and when do you know it is the time to offer it as an option. 13. Have you ever seen a lung cancer pt cured? 14. How much does it cost to recieve a round of chemotherapy?
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lung cancer is most common among long term smokers.but a new study came out that 20% of all lung cancer cases,the person never smoked.so you can ask the question what role does second hand smoke play in lung cancer.the man that played superman,his wife just died from lung cancer and she never smoked
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