PET scan vs CT scan: what each one shows, and why you might need both
How a PET scan and a CT scan differ, what each is used for in cancer care, what happens at the appointment, and what the results can and cannot tell you.
Blog
Cancer, explained in plain language. One idea at a time, in the words you will actually hear.
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Living with treatment
Letrozole side effects: what's common, when it eases, and what helps
The side effects of letrozole (Femara), including joint pain and bone loss, when they tend to start and settle, which treatments have real evidence behind them, and what to ask your team. For people taking letrozole for breast cancer.
Cancer 101
What the words on your diagnosis mean, how cancer is staged, and how clinical trials work. Written to be read on a hard day.
Cancer Clinical Trials Explained: Should You Participate? (Part 2)
Cancer clinical trials, the decision: eligibility, consent, what to ask, and what to do if you don't qualify for any trial.
Cancer Clinical Trials Explained: Should You Participate? (Part 1)
Cancer clinical trials, the basics: phases, common myths, types of trials, and how participation fits into modern cancer care.
Diagnosis
Pathology reports, staging, scans and molecular testing, explained in plain words. What the numbers describe, and what they do not.
Treatments
How treatments are chosen, what to expect from each, and the questions worth asking before a plan is settled.
Living with treatment
Side effects, what is normal, what to report to your care team, and how to keep some of your life while you are in treatment.
Letrozole side effects: what's common, when it eases, and what helps
Letrozole side effects: joint pain and bone loss, when they start and settle, which treatments have real trial evidence, and what to ask your team.
Tamoxifen side effects: what's common, what's rare, and when to call
Tamoxifen side effects: what's common, how long it lasts, the rarer risks worth knowing, and the symptoms that need a same-day call to your team.
News
What journalists and clinicians have written about the company and the work. Each link opens the original.
- This Khosla Ventures-backed startup is using AI to personalize cancer careOur emergence from stealth, and the case for scaling the expertise of the best oncologists.
- Should You Trust AI to Treat Your Cancer?A close look at how patients actually use the platform, including people advocating for themselves far from a major cancer centre.
- Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate announces latest cohort of AI startupsOur selection for the Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate cohort.
- Wilson Sonsini Advises Radical Health on $5 Million Pre-Seed FundingThe pre-seed round that took us out of stealth.