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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Caitlin Haskins

      I was a general surgeon before I specialized, and let me just point out that general surgeons ARE cancer surgeons. GI, liver, pancreas, breast, sarcoma, thyroid, parathyroid, and aims limited head and neck cancers are core parts of our training. 1/https://twitter.com/marie_cmh/status/1140710270827978754 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Caitlin Haskins @marie_cmh
      Replying to @SBMPediatrics
      I crack up when someone has cancer (every other episode) and I don't think they've ever even said the word oncology on the show. Just general surgeons making cancer treatment plans all willy nilly.
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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

      If the show portrayed general surgeons as administering chemotherapy or radiation or doing brain or heart surgery, sure, that's not realistic. However, general surgeons make cancer treatment decisions all the time. It's what we're trained to do. 2/

      2:49 PM - 17 Jun 2019
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

          Indeed, when I'm asked if a woman with breast cancer, for example, should seek out a breast surgeon rather than a general surgeon, my answer is: It depends. 3/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

          The vast majority of breast cancer surgery in the US is done by general surgeons because there aren't enough fellowship-trained breast surgeons and surgical oncologists. 4/

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

          So, I tell them that a general surgeon who does a lot of breast surgery, as many community surgeons do, is perfectly fine unless you have a very complicated case. 5/

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

          Some of the best GI cancer surgeons I've ever known, whom I trained under, were general surgeons who never did a fellowship. The best thyroid surgeon I ever knew...ditto. 6/

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        6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 Jun 2019

          I didn't mean to go off like this, but reading a contemptuous reference to "just general surgeons" in that context DEFINITELY rubbed me the wrong way—big time. 7/7

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