Camidge and Farmen Discuss the Nuances of Cancer Care and Patient Advocacy

Camidge and Farmen talk through patient advocacy, Farmen’s cancer diagnosis, and the people who rallied around Farmen during the early days of her disease.

How This Is Building Me, hosted by world-renowned oncologist D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, is a podcast focused on the highs and lows, ups and downs of all those involved with cancer, cancer medicine, and cancer science across the full spectrum of life’s experiences.

In this episode, Dr Camidge sits down with Summer Farmen to discuss the ins and outs of living with lung cancer. Farmen describes herself as a wife, mother, and patient advocate who has stage IV lung cancer.

Camidge and Farmen talk through the intersections of patient advocacy for cancer and cerebral palsy, the story of Farmen’s cancer diagnosis, the myriad people who rallied around Farmen during the early days of her disease and continue to provide support, and more.