Ben B. Brave

I like things that begin with C: China, communications, clowns, cephalopods, cloacas. I'm now getting to know and like another C: colorectal cancer. This blog is part science, part heart and attempts to explore the funny and not-so-funny aspects of bot bot cancer.

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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 Warwick Foundation
  • The UN database on worldwide cancer: GLOBOCAN
  • Cancer Council Victoria
  • Cancer Connections
  • 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

  • Feb 2013: CT scan
  • Aug 2012: Colonoscopy
  • 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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