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Stanford professor turns his terminal cancer diagnosis into a class on life, death and hope

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66% Informative

Stanford professor created a course centered around his cancer journey.

The course aimed to rebalance medical education by showing students what patients truly experience.

Asian women have twice the rate of non-smoker lung cancer than non-Asian women.

Despite his terminal prognosis, Lin remains focused on living rather than preparing for death.

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67

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65

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65

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informal

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English

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37

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