Ben B. Brave

I was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer at 28 with no family history. This blog explores aspects of bot-bot cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

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Bookstores are saturated with cancer books

I tend to read evidence-based books and books that can apply to anyone:
  • Anticancer by Dr David Servan-Schreiber
  • The Human Side of Cancer by Dr Jimmie C. Holland and Sheldon Lewis
  • How Doctors Think by Dr Jerome Groopman

Cancer facts, treatment and support
  • The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Bowel Cancer Australia 
  • The UN database on worldwide cancer: GLOBOCAN
  • Cancer Council Online Community
  • Watch: Crazy Sexy Cancer
  • Understand your tests: Lab Tests Online


Anatomy 101
  • What does the sigmoid colon do?
  • What is cancer actually?
  • Animation: What is cancer?
  • Radiolab: Listen to this powerful segment on the role of oncologists and pathologists

Research into colorectal cancer in young people
  • 2011: Is gender related to the stage of colorectal cancer at initial presentation in young patients?
  • 2010: Young patients with colorectal cancer have poor survival in the first twenty months after operation and predictable survival in the medium and long-term: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers
  • 2010: Node yield and node involvement in young colon cancer patients: Is there a difference in cancer survival based on age
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Key dates

  • Jul 2022: Book release
  • Mar 2022: Still 'no evidence of disease'
  • Jan 2019: Becomes a doctor
  • Jan 2015: Starts medical school
  • Apr 2012: Reversal of ileostomy
  • Jan 2012: No evidence of disease, but 4 clots in lungs found
  • Dec 2011: Adjuvant chemotherapy ends
  • Jul 2011: Surgery (ultra low anterior resection; loop ileostomy)
  • Apr 2011: Chemoradiotherapy ends
  • Jan 2011: Hello Cancer

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      • Peter Mac
      • Stats don't scare me
      • No date for surgery yet, but colons are cool
      • The Case of the Sinking Sigmoid
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