Post by Logan on Mar 28, 2016 21:54:37 GMT -6
In 2012, two weeks after Dr. Dustin Deming started his dream job treating and researching gastrointestinal cancers at UW Carbone Cancer Center, he was diagnosed with his specialty: colorectal cancer.
The cancer had spread to his lymph nodes, making his prognosis grim. Deming was 31, with a 3-year-old son and 6-week-old daughter. He had no family history of cancer.
After surgery and chemotherapy, he is doing well today, with a much better prognosis.
The ordeal has given him empathy with his patients and new urgency in his lab, where he focuses on trying to find targeted therapies for colorectal and pancreatic cancers.
“We need to develop better treatments for patients with cancer, and we need to do it now,” said Deming, 35. “Just because something could wait until next week doesn’t mean it should wait until next week.”
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/uw-doctor-expert-in-colorectal-cancer-diagnosed-with-it-at/article_1e3f4606-8eca-5f9c-9558-f3e732bdb9e5.html
The cancer had spread to his lymph nodes, making his prognosis grim. Deming was 31, with a 3-year-old son and 6-week-old daughter. He had no family history of cancer.
After surgery and chemotherapy, he is doing well today, with a much better prognosis.
The ordeal has given him empathy with his patients and new urgency in his lab, where he focuses on trying to find targeted therapies for colorectal and pancreatic cancers.
“We need to develop better treatments for patients with cancer, and we need to do it now,” said Deming, 35. “Just because something could wait until next week doesn’t mean it should wait until next week.”
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/uw-doctor-expert-in-colorectal-cancer-diagnosed-with-it-at/article_1e3f4606-8eca-5f9c-9558-f3e732bdb9e5.html