English and Medicine are not always the most complimentary areas.
Patients are told by their doctors that:
- The disease has progressed - patients are happy, progress is a good word - but doctors mean that the disease has increased
- The lymph nodes are positive - patients are happy, positive is a good word - but doctors mean that the cancer has spread
- HER2 gene is positive - patients are happy, positive is a good word - but doctors mean that the cancer is more aggressive
- KRAS is positive - patients are happy, but negative KRAS is better
- EGFR is mutant - patients are sad, but mutant is better
- modified from my old blog
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