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We are very, very pleased to announce that renowned oncologist and author, Dr. Robert Buckman, will be joining us here on talkingaboutcancer.com as an adviser to lend us his vast knowledge, compassion and perspectives on coping with cancer.

Dr. Buckman lives in Toronto, Canada, where he is a medical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He qualified as a physician from Cambridge University in 1972, and completed his training in medical oncology at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London including laboratory research leading to a Ph.D.

He has written many articles on various aspects of medicine and oncology, concentrating in the last fifteen years on doctor-patient communication and breaking bad news.

For the last twenty years he has also had a second career in communication and broadcasting, presenting television science-and-medicine programmes in Britain and then Canada. His series Magic or Medicine? won him a Gemini award (the Canadian TV Industry equivalent of an Emmy). His latest series Human Wildlife was broadcast on the Discovery Channel and won two awards at the Chicago Television festival in 2003.

He has written fourteen books including I Don’t Know What To Say - How To Help And Support Someone Who Is Dying, a guide for friends and family, Magic or Medicine?, an investigation into complementary medicine, How To Break Bad News, a medical textbook for physicians and healthcare professionals and What You Really Need To Know About Cancer, a comprehensive guide for patients and their families, which has been published in Britain, Canada, the United States (in collaboration with the M.D.Anderson Cancer Center).

Dr. Buckman’s most recent book Cancer is a word, not a sentence!, is a practical and helpful guide for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with one of the 200 or more cancers and who is feeling bewildered and frightened. The book explains why the word cancer is so frightening and helps you get past the word to understand your own situation and the treatment options.

Please stay tuned for future enhancements to the site and, in the meantime, please add your comments to the posts on the main page and check out Dr. Buckman’s links in our Blogroll to the left.

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