Clinical trial patients

I want to thank all the Stage 4 glioma patients participating in clinical trials. You might be saving my life a few years from now.

Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier With Avastin to Fight Glioblastoma - NYTimes.com
An experimental treatment for glioblastoma suppresses a barrier to deliver a drug directly to brain tumors.

Liz Salmi

Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.

https://thelizarmy.com
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