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Gibbon Lecturer Discusses How Lung Cancer Stigma Can Lead to Unintended Consequences

November 19, 2024

Gibbon Lecturer Discusses How Lung Cancer Stigma Can Lead to Unintended Consequences

The latest episode of The House of Surgery podcast features Dr. Jessica Donington, a cardiothoracic surgeon from The University of Chicago, who delivered the John H. Gibbon Jr. Lecture at Clinical Congress 2024. In her lecture, “Lung Cancer Revolution,” Dr. Donington talks about the negative stigma that is sometimes associated with a lung cancer diagnosis, which can lead to unintended consequences such as disease-related distress and poor outcomes.