How to Flip the Script on Cancer | Dr. Sharlene Gill | TEDxSurrey

We will all likely be touched by cancer in one form or another - it’s a scary reality. Dr. Sharlene Gill, a Vancouver-based cancer specialist, researcher, and Professor of Medicine, shares inspiring learnings from her 20 years of experience looking after people with cancer - bearing witness to the universal fear associated with a diagnosis of cancer, as well as acts of remarkable courage and major scientific advancements in the treatment of cancer. By approaching cancer with a perspective grounded in awareness, empowerment and action, Dr. Gill believes we can not only reframe our narrative of cancer to one of hope and control, but also ultimately improve our outcomes with cancer. Dr. Sharlene Gill is a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Medical Oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies at BC Cancer - Vancouver. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy followed by her medical degree (MD) from the University of British Columbia in 1996, and then completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. Dr. Gill subsequently undertook a research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and a Master’s of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, MA). In 2011, she spent a year as a Visiting Professor at the Sun-Yat Sen University Cancer Centre in Guangzhou, China. More recently, she graduated with an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina in 2017.
With 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Gill is also actively engaged in education and research, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters to her credit, and has presented widely at national and international cancer conferences. She is committed to scientific research as the path to progress in cancer care, and is the Chair of the GI Disease Site Committee for the Canadian Clinical Trials Group (CCTG). Dr. Gill also believes that mentorship and advocacy are critical to a sustainable cancer care system - she serves as Chair of the UBC Medicine Mentoring Committee, and as the President-Elect for the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@tenant-h6r]

Dr. Gill's approach to cancer is admirable but it's too bad her compassion doesn't extend to tenants renting from Plan A Real Estate. The company is one of the worst in Vancouver and has a long history of deceiving and evicting tenants. Dr. Gill has been involved for years and owns numerous properties that are rented out through Plan A.

[@thisc0olkid]

BOYCOTT SHARLENE GILL AND PLAN A REAL ESTATE. This woman is complicit for ruining lives by displacing people from their homes using harassment tactics. Over a decade later and she is SCOTCH-FREE driving in her little red Ferrari with Vancouver’s worst: Anoop Majithia. This video is paradoxical. My question to Sharlene: where is the humanity when it comes to evicting tenants to harassing long term tenants from their homes to hike up rental costs and replace with short term airbnbs? Why perpetuate the issue with Vancouver’s housing crisis AND evict people with disabilities?

[@N937LC]

Let's be honest, most insurance companies are in the business of making money There are ways to detect but the blockers for most are costs. We don't have a medical system, we have a medical company that is about profit.

[@susanb1288]

LOVE this narrative Dr. Gill. Thank you for being curious, taking control and having the courage to post this TED talk!

[@turtlekidtv2486]

Thank you so much to this person for saying so much about cancer.

[@sunilfawn]

You told us how to live with cancer and how to get cured. Thank you!

[@Katwoman4318]

Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is power.

[@orianarivera9630]

Amazing!!!

[@barbararamos7346]

Courage❤

[@kellywillmott16]

the screening age should be lowered from age 50 to 45 or earlier with so many younger people being diagnosed with later-stage colorectal cancer and also metastasis.

[@jp7357]

At 66yo, I’m plant based, run 4mi/day, CrossFit 3d/week, I get a regular colonoscopies, PSA, Gallari Grail test yearly and thinking of yearly whole body mri .. if I get cancer I’ll be really pissed off, if I dont know about it until stage 3 or 4 … I’ll be beyond apoplectic … coming to terms with it just ain’t happening.

[@timothymcglynn1935]

HI 👋

[@mehmettv8352]

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How to Flip the Script on Cancer

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[@OmSingh-bl6wl]

Farst comment🤡

[@sleepykat666]

We should also talk about the rising instances of cancer in young people. 30s and younger. And when talking about that we should also ask why do doctors and imaging facilities make it difficult for younger people to get these screening by putting an age limit on them? And we should also mention that these cancer screenings are expensive. Not everyone has insurance or can afford it and they certainly cannot affor a colonoscopy or a mammogram.

[@shanestewartfat416]

Im stage 4 cancer with a life expectancy of 7 -11 months ,they no longer treat me with chemo and im now on targeted therapy for braf 600 ,i have also put my hand up for t cell trial . I have thought about death and would die happy knowing i tried to help find a cure . Thankyou dr

[@eyemovie824]

Don't give up dear. I know it's hard to live with it. Try kapalbhati pranayam 1 hour and anulome bilomo 1 hour per day. And do water fast and intermittent fasting. Eat plant based diet and avoid sugar and proccesed food. I hope you will get better by doing this ❤❤

[@lilydarcy8394]

I hope you're well. Don't give up! ❤

[@pearlmanikam5703]

You living courageously🙏🙏🙏

[@sabithats6835]

​@@eyemovie824u said it right.. it does miracles in your body.. 4th stage extensive cancer disappeared 99 percent just in 9 months😊

[@seanwalker7101]

Stage 4 here as well. Keep up the fight. :)

[@drsharlenegill6789]

Cancer is hard but we can influence our narrative. Giving this TEDx in February was important to me - not just for the experience but for the message I wanted to share. I called it 'How to Flip the Script on Cancer' but I could've called it 'What my patients have taught me'. I hope it will make a difference in how people think about cancer. Please feel free to share, like, comment if this resonates with you

[@Floodland-bn3ol]

What if the somatic mutation theory of cancer is wrong?

[@HudsonChalmers]

I had to TELL my Doctor to have a colonoscopy done for me

[@MyApps-uf1dz]

nothing about advancing treatments and accessibility to expensive ones, only talking about inevitability. Because of doctors with this mentality, things are still so bad

[@elonmusk2572]

All time great 😍

[@MultiSuzy13]

A great talk Sharlene, and you did an amazing job!!! Great work and thank you for bringing this importnat message forward.

[@WayneWarp]

😍🥰

[@irmakisikli2776]

My favourite

[@maneted817]

Fire🔥

[@Leo-zi8oc]

Fortune favours the bold I am not afraid of anything or anyone

[@Baharsuci.65]

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[@elimemedli2492]

You are best doctor.

[@asliakyildiz3467]

Keep going on

[@furkanece2957]

Need your more videos

[@peterdimitrov4084]

I love your speech.

[@MrBlue890]

Get early screenings for cancer.......THE END

[@Annie-q9u2l]

I went to the doctor with a stomach pain .they sent me to hospital. A ct scan showed I had cancer on my oviars and lesions on my liver .4 weeks later after another scan the said it is now all over my stomach and in my bowls .I have morphine for pain .They still have not provided treatment because they don't know where it started.I know gave to go to a oncology womens hospital and will have to wait upto 5 weeks for a pre op assessment and a op to open my stomach to test the tissue to find its origin. I can't eat drink little water and in pain .I find it hard to walk and sit .I bleed from my bump all day and night.. I live in England uk .if I had mo ey maybe I would get healthcare that Cares

[@Ransomhandsome]

How are you doing?

[@riyajhosen8353]

Her sharing is very good and very useful to fight cancer together. Thank you for sharing it with everyone.

[@enewell1646]

Sharlene, you have made a difference & shifted my narrative on cancer!

[@sharlenegill8369]

Thank you for all your help and support!

[@mortinlaila7751]

Nice to see the awesome video

[@citcat8476]

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[@wsefdad5855]

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[@EynOdMilevado]

If the medical solutions are short lived why pretend you have something to offer. Doctors usually are most concerned about covering themselves and so will recommend drastic action where there might not be a need for it just so they don’t get sued. So their advice bus unreliable.