A clinical researcher who works in oncology talks with Gethard about the advances that have been made in the field and why there's something bittersweet about making strides. And learning about this caller's life–from where they met their husband, to their various hobbies–leads Gethard to declare her as quite possibly our nerdiest caller ever.

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