Dr. Bryant Lin's Lung Cancer Diagnosis

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He's a doctor studying why lung cancer rates are rising in Asian Americans with no smoking history. Now he's also a patient.

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Dr. Bryant Lin has a form of the disease sometimes referred to as “never-smoker” lung cancer.

His lung cancer is driven by a mutation that can occur when a protein on the surface of some cells, called the epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR ), goes haywire and starts dividing out of control.

About 50% of nonsmoker Asians have this mutation, and less than 20% of non-Hispanic whites have it.

Being a patient has made Lin ’s empathy grow as he's gotten to intimately know how challenging insurance, treatment options and the bureaucratic side of cancer can be.

Lin , who is not religious, has found surprising comfort in spirituality.

The empathy others have shown him and the challenges he's faced have deepened his appreciation for what his own patients go through.

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