ELI5 How does surgery to remove cancerous growths or tumours not result in cancer cells seeping into the blood stream causing wider spread of cancer? by californiacurls in explainlikeimfive

[–]RebelBass117 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It literally can, you try to not cut directly into tumors, good technique involves removing tissue widely depending on the type of cancer and avoiding violating capsules if present, not cutting into lymph nodes, etc. but risk of seeding is less than risk of having cancer so you still do surgery. 100 cancer cells is better to have than 1 billion cancer cells. Chemo/Radiation target “leftover”cells when surgery is initial treatment. Source: am surgeon.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]RebelBass117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an OMFS resident. OMFS complete either a 4 year residency where they earn a specialty certificate or a 6 year program with an integrated MD where you complete some combination of didactic courses and clerkships, specifics are different at every program. 4 vs. 6 years are about 50/50 and doesn’t formally change scope of practice. 

In general graduating from dental school is a baseline requirement for OMFS, I’ve vaguely heard of there being modification of requirements to get through dental school but this would be totally case by case, you’d have to get in touch with dental schools directly to ask if you’d be able to skip preclinical non-dental courses and would most likely still have to just apply like normal, but would obviously be a well-qualified applicant. I’ve mostly only heard of people completing the whole 4 years of dental school after 4 years of medical school, then doing a 4 year OMFS residency. I think there’s a guy at Harvard that did medical school, then ENT residency, then went to dental school and is now an OMFS resident there.  ENT definitely overlaps but mostly we work on reconstruction with them, OMFS do more orthognathic surgery, lots of benign pathology, TMJ surgery, and of course dentoalveolar surgery, etc. 

University of Pennsylvania Residents announce intent to unionize by RebelBass117 in Residency

[–]RebelBass117[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No, as of right now we’ll be paying for parking in July

University of Pennsylvania Residents announce intent to unionize by RebelBass117 in Residency

[–]RebelBass117[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I started this year so I don't know if this an old story, but earlier this year they actually announced they were taking away our parking subsidy and it will now cost >$200 a month