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EPISODE · May 26, 2026 · 28 MIN

Indistinguishable from Magic: When Fantasy and Science Fiction Meet the Science of Medicine

from Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology

Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "Indistinguishable from Magic" by Dr. Michael Slade, who is a medical oncologist at Washington University School of Medicine. The article is followed by an interview with Slade and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Slade shares the challenges of day-to-day clinical practice in oncology through the lens of speculative fiction and how we struggle, as physicians and as patients, to tell the difference between what we know and what we can only hope for. LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT

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