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    Editor’s note: When oncology and hospice nurse Theresa Brown was diagnosed with breast cancer, she couldn’t believe how disorganized and unempathic her care was. Ultimately she called it D.I.Y. care, as in Do-It-Yourself: figure out the treatment process, find the right physicians, insist on timeliness. The Radiation Oncology department, however, was different. The excerpt below

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    • Oncology and hospice nurses get #cancer, too. This, by @TheresaBrown (who has a new book, "Healing..." out), @S4PM https://t.co/3iSbocDWEc via @J2Novack

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    Pioneers of medical progress are lauded in published articles and by their professional peers. But it is often the patient advocates, particularly those who demanded better treatment, spearheaded clinical trial advances, and bravely took on institutions and standards of care, who are the underappreciated giants on whose shoulders such research pioneers stand. Linnea Olson, a […]

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    • "Standing over her birthday cake adorned with candles, she joked that she never thought she’d see so many birthdays." @J2Novack's appreciation of a giant, @1111linno. https://t.co/qUYwi93vE3

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    Pioneers of medical progress are lauded in published articles and by their professional peers. But it is often the patient advocates, particularly those who demanded better treatment, spearheaded clinical trial advances, and bravely took on institutions and standards of care, who are the underappreciated giants on whose shoulders such research pioneers stand. Linnea Olson, a […]

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    • A beautiful tribute to Linnea Olson who lived with stage 4 lung cancer and advocated for many. At a memorial service, Dr. J Lin said: “Linnea pushed us to do better, to take a step back and really ask the hard questions, the ‘whys.’" @J2Novack @S4PM https://t.co/LBwbcV696K #lcsm

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    Pioneers of medical progress are lauded in published articles and by their professional peers. But it is often the patient advocates, particularly those who demanded better treatment, spearheaded clinical trial advances, and bravely took on institutions and standards of care, who are the underappreciated giants on whose shoulders such research pioneers stand. Linnea Olson, a […]

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    Pioneers of medical progress are lauded in published articles and by their professional peers. But it is often the patient advocates, particularly those who demanded better treatment, spearheaded clinical trial advances, and bravely took on institutions and standards of care, who are the underappreciated giants on whose shoulders such research pioneers stand. Linnea Olson, a […]

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    • I remember the first time I heard Linnea Olson speak about the urgency of developing trials that meet patient's needs now many years ago at #WCLC. Her perspective changed my perspective and inspires me today. #LCSM Linnea Olson: An Appreciation of a Giant https://t.co/zyi1daNbtz