Newly Diagnosed? Rely on ‘Research and Hope’, Says Doctor Turned Patient

As a health care provider, oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Dan Tran thought receiving a diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer at the age of 30 would make him a difficult patient. “As a doctor, you also end up being the worst patient,” he said in an interview with CURE. “You hate treating other doctors, because they just think they know a lot more (and say) ‘Oh, I read that that, too.’”

But his background in the medical field ended up giving him hope about cancer treatment advances; hope that he wants to share with other patients who may have recently received a diagnosis of their own.


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