The Semantics of Cancer

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The Semantics of Cancer

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  • about
  • personnel
  • subprojects
  • acknowledgements
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    • about
    • personnel
    • subprojects
    • acknowledgements
  • about
  • personnel
  • subprojects
  • acknowledgements

the project

We are a group of medical professionals, linguists, and philosophers. Our goal is to investigate, model and test the semantic power of the word 'cancer' in diagnosis delivery and treatment decisions. We hope that a better understanding of these issues can help minimize physician/patient miscommunication, reduce overtreatment, and improve patient experiences. 

the principals

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Crompton is a cancer surgeon at UCLA; his research is centered on de-escalating morbid and unnecessary operations for cancer patients.

Dr. Jessica Rett, PhD

Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Dr. Joseph Crompton, MD PhD

Dr. Rett is a linguist at UCLA whose research focuses on the meaning of words and sentences, and how meanings change from context to context.

Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Dr. Rajam Raghunathan, MD PhD

Rajam Raghunathan is a general surgeon, current endocrine surgery research fellow at UCLA, and a former assistant professor of philosophy.  Her research interests lie at the intersection of epistemology, language, the philosophy of action, and surgery.

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