Meet Dr. Lajos Pusztai
July 19, 2021Meet Dr. Lajos Pusztai
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Dr. Lajos Pusztai is a breast medical oncologist that specializes in caring for women with estrogen receptor-positive and-negative breast cancers and is well known for his research into genetics and genomics.
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- 00:00I'm doctor Lash boost,
- 00:02a breast medical oncologist and
- 00:04I treat breast cancer patients.
- 00:07I've always been torn between
- 00:10humanities and science.
- 00:12And my mother was a physician when he died.
- 00:15That medicine is a perfect blend
- 00:17of humanities and science and she
- 00:19was right as mothers tend to be.
- 00:21The more information we have about a cancer,
- 00:24the more precise and accurate treatment
- 00:26plan we could set up for you.
- 00:28However, it's also very important
- 00:29to bring your questions.
- 00:31I think everybody has questions,
- 00:32and some of them may get lost during
- 00:35a discussion unless you write it
- 00:38down in a paper and bring it in.
- 00:40And then I go to physicians.
- 00:42I sometimes feel embarrassed to
- 00:44actually ask a question because
- 00:46I think it kind of a sign that I
- 00:48somehow don't trust the person.
- 00:49But please don't feel that way.
- 00:51I cherish questions.
- 00:52I think it's always very helpful
- 00:54to bring someone video who you
- 00:56trust a family member or a friend.
- 00:58It's a lot of information that
- 00:59you will hear during the initial
- 01:01visits and to process
- 01:02those and remember them is
- 01:04difficult, and I think it's very,
- 01:06very helpful to have somebody with you
- 01:08in addition to clinical work. I also.
- 01:10Direct Co direct, the cancer centers,
- 01:13genetics and genomics research program,
- 01:15and in that role we do research that aims
- 01:19to define genetic and molecular
- 01:21abnormalities that drive cancer
- 01:23and eventually would lead to new
- 01:25therapies and new diagnostic tests.
- 01:27One important thing that I would
- 01:30like to communicate to you is that
- 01:32the diagnosis of breast cancer is no
- 01:35longer associated or shouldn't be fear.
- 01:38It's hope. The vast majority
- 01:40of breast cancer patients.
- 01:42Back in those to be the new diagnosed
- 01:44with the disease today are cured.