Future Prospects of Interventional Pulmonology
Hi,
I am currently a resident who is very interested in IP. Lung cancer and transplant were my original interests before discovering this field which complements my strong interests in procedures as well. I know prior threads on this topic have been here but its been been several years and the field has advanced so wanted to ask a few questions.
1. What is the job market like for IP? Is it still mainly just in academic centers with limited jobs available?
2. Is it possible to work mainly...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 8, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: surfking123 Tags: Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine Source Type: forums
Ozempic Bull**** (again)
Mandelin Rain said:
Especially with the UA companies being chronically "understaffed" (sarcastic air quotes) and requiring 14 days for review and then 7 days to schedule a peer to peer.
This should be illegal. It's a delay tactic for cancer care. Obviously that sweet insurer lobby money will keep the grift going.
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Our system can’t even do anything about the ozempic situation which threatens to make us insolvent. You think policymakers are going to fix prior auth for radiation? Our form of medicine, is...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 7, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MidwestRadOnc Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Re: Atypia detected during breast screening and subsequent development of cancer: observational analysis of the Sloane atypia prospective cohort in England
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Re: Invasive breast cancer and breast cancer death after non-screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ from 1990 to 2018 in England: population based cohort study
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Finding all cases: not the goal of cancer screening
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Re: Invasive breast cancer and breast cancer death after non-screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ from 1990 to 2018 in England: population based cohort study
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Re: Oral cancers are rising in the UK
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Re: Whole genome sequencing can help guide cancer care, study reports
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Gap year suggestions, research or clinical experience?
Need to decide what to do after my MCAT in January. Applying in 2024. My current research and clinical experiences are listed below:
Research:
1000 hours in cancer drug development
500 hours in autoimmune disease drug development
(Both are organic synthesis and no pub)
Clinical:
1300 hours as a scribe
1000 hours in health coordination in ICU
600 hours in Crisis Text line
I really want to get into microbiome research, but with no biological research background, it’s been difficult to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lachea7223 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Time to take action on mouth cancer
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Re: Eliminating cervical cancer as a global public health problem requires equitable action
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Thoughts?
Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus radiation versus durvalumab alone in stages I–III non-small cell lung cancer: survival outcomes and molecular correlates of a randomized phase II trial - Nature Communications
The authors previously reported the primary outcomes of a randomized phase II trial comparing neoadjuvant durvalumab (anti-PD-L1) alone or in combination with stereotactic radiotherapy in patients with early-stage NSCLC. Here, the authors report the secondary outcomes of the trial and post hoc...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Lamount Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Proton International center at UAB closing, bankrupt
$50 million Proton International Center at UAB closing over ‘inability to make payments’
About 2 percent of UAB cancer patients were treated with proton therapy in 2023.
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: IonsAreOurFuture Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Welp need help
I’m getting ready to apply this cycle. My stats URM Black Male (home state is MN)
Total Gpa
3.29
Science gpa
3.14
Research
700 hours in cancer lab no pubs or posters just slave work (the good kind tho)
Shadowing -70
Extracurricular
part of 2 student groups
worked full time to support myself and also help parents business during covid (alas **** grades)
Volunteer
1000 hours tutoring minority students ( over 4 years)
15ish hours...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ExtremeBrainTrauma Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC: 3.88/3.81 cGPA/sGPA, 523 MCAT
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS MESSAGE
3.88 cGPA/3.81 sGPA (slight downward trend during senior year)
523 MCAT (130, 130, 131, 132)
FL, strong ties to IL (born and raised)
Asian and African (I look mostly Asian)
Large T10 Public State School
Clinical Experience: 400 Total! 175 hours as a hospital volunteer working with pediatric cancer patients, 150 hours working in a free clinic (triage), 50 helping to administer flu and COVID vaccinations with nurses around Publix schools...
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