The Liz Army – a brain cancer blog

Hi. My name is Liz, and I am living with brain cancer. This is my blog.

My brain, my dad's brain in 2016

February 18, 2019

The eulogy for my dad

“Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.”

Breaking down the barriers to clinical trials

December 1, 2018

Breaking down the barriers to clinical trials

Day 1: July 25, 2008

July 25, 2018

Spoiler alert, I’m still alive: 10 years later

December 23, 2017

Precision medicine and brain cancer

Liz at age three

November 10, 2017

Is there such thing as too much information when it comes to our medical history?

Me with my dad

July 29, 2017

Sorry, I forgot to tell you my dad died 14 months ago

July 10, 2017

How I chose my new neuro-oncologist

April 29, 2017

Why your health insurance requires prior authorization for some medications

Blog post for The BMJ

April 7, 2017

My first blog post for a medical journal

March 25, 2017

Guerrilla healthcare redesign: Support group materials edition

March 20, 2017

Empowering patients with a common language for palliative care

Medicine X vignette

March 7, 2017

Liz Salmi Oral Ignite! Talk at Stanford Medicine X

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