About this episode

Dr. Juan Alonso-Echanove shares his journey from epidemiologist to cancer patient and his efforts to contribute to cancer research.

What happens when an epidemiologist becomes a patient? Dr. Juan Alonso-Echanove spent most of his career in public health, including using epidemiologic principles to prevent firearm-related deaths in Puerto Rico. After Juan was treated for pancreatic cancer, he chose to give back. Through lending his research skills and his public health mantra "information for action” to clinical oncology, he is helping his care team study the outcomes of cancer patients and how best to refine the hea...

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