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Rick Boulay, M.D., is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist. When cancer faced his family and his medical training left him ill-prepared to manage the day-to-day needs of cancer treatment and survivorship, he found wisdom, support and love in the patients he treated. As a result, Dr. Boulay, who is also a singer, now writes and performs on topics at the intersection of cancer and society.
July 11, 2018
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What if there were some way to identify gene mutations causing the cell to behave as a cancer and then, with a medication, undo the effects of the errant gene? This is the basis of personalized medicine.
February 06, 2018
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“One day you’re fine. You’re working and doing your thing, you know? Then you get sick and someone tells you its cancer. It’s shocking! Your whole world turns upside down. Surgery and chemo. Doctors and nurses. I just wanna go back to the way it was before. I just want my old life back.”
January 04, 2018
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A blog series of words and terms common to the cancer journey by Rick Boulay M.D.
December 05, 2017
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The notion then, that disease outcome (whether you live or die) determines if you are a survivor is therefore erroneous.
August 08, 2017
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An oncologist considers the basis of the trust he and his patients share.