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Podcast: WCG Talks Trials
Episode: Dana Deighton: Esophageal Cancer Patient and Persistent Activist For Her Own Survival
Description: Dana Deighton, an esophageal cancer survivor, shares her diagnostic odyssey of false starts and life-threatening detours.Deighton had always been healthyâshe didnât smoke, didnât drink and exercised every day. Then came a joint pain that wouldnât go away, visits to numerous doctors, a series of misdiagnoses, invasive tests, and growing symptoms. The correct diagnosis of stage 4 esophageal cancer âwas not the diagnosis anyone wants.â But she refused to accept physiciansâ recommendations for palliative care as a solution.She describes her persistent advocacy to convince doctors to consider her as an individual different from...