https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/ Recent content in Blog on OncoGuide Hugo en Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/my-story/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/my-story/ The real story of a 42-year-old non-smoker diagnosed with RET-positive lung cancer at stage IV. How I went from back pain to a full diagnosis and treatment in ten days. https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/standard-of-care-vs-personalized-medicine/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/standard-of-care-vs-personalized-medicine/ Five months after diagnosis, with a good response to treatment, I'm trying to understand the difference between standard of care and personalized medicine in advanced cancer. https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/pet-ct-at-month-6/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/pet-ct-at-month-6/ Six-month follow-up results: stable tumour, nodes still slightly active, a sub-threshold metabolic rise, and the decision to do SBRT on the main tumour. https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/personalized-cancer-vaccines/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/personalized-cancer-vaccines/ The types of therapeutic vaccine, what worked and what did not in trials, the real limits, and the centres I found -- plus how I decide what fits me. https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/personalized-cancer-vaccines-tissue/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/personalized-cancer-vaccines-tissue/ A personalized cancer vaccine can need far more tumour tissue than a routine test — often fresh-frozen — and a good response to treatment can leave you with no way to get more. What I wish I had secured at the very first biopsy. https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/observations-from-the-grey-zone/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/observations-from-the-grey-zone/ Six observations I've collected as a patient -- about surgery and dormant cells, biopsies, treatment injected directly into the tumor, and what's worth doing before starting treatment. Anecdotal, but with sources. https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/minimal-residual-disease/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oncoguide.xyz/en/blog/minimal-residual-disease/ Why the total amount of tumor in your body is a strategic variable: three mechanisms, the lesson from leukemias, the trials backing early aggressive local consolidation -- and where the caution of standard of care gets it right.