A mother of two noticed pain on her tongue, only to receive the devastating news that she had salivary gland cancer and needed treatment immediately. An engineering student with a toothache has her world turned upside-down when it’s discovered she has a tumour lining her jawbone, risking deformity and death. A police officer and fitness nut who finds a bump on his neck faces the grim reality of throat cancer.
At Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), these patients have not only survived their complex and challenging medical conditions, they are thriving today. And each of them shared one thing in common: the care of a world-leading innovative medical expert, Dr. Eitan Prisman...
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IMAGE: Dr. Prisman © Courtesy of VGH & UBC Hosptial Foundation