What is cancer? This episode talks about what cancer is, how it is diagnosed and staged. 

Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd

Dr. Sam Brondfield is an oncologist at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) where he treats patients who are hospitalized with cancer. He received his undergraduate degree at from Harvard University and went to UCSF for his medical school, residency and oncology fellowship training.  He additionally obtained an education degree at the University of California, Berkeley. He devotes his career to not only treating patients with cancer as well as teaching doctors, trainees, and patients. He is an incredible teacher, colleague and physician and has received multiple awards for his devotion to teaching. He created a six session course about cancer intended for the public called Cancer Today: Same Disease, New Hope. The first session of this course, called “What is cancer?” can be found here.