The road to the rise of great doctors

Chapter 117 Who Doesn't Like Good Things?
At ten o'clock in the evening, we arrived at our destination.

After Zhao Gang and Liu Dong left the station, they saw a young girl holding a "GIST" sign high, and a man holding two pages of paper next to her.They walked up and said hello to the girl holding the sign.

"Welcome to the GIST Disease Forum. Are you Teacher Zhao Gang and Teacher Liu Dong?" the man asked, holding a piece of paper with a list of participants.

"Yes, it's the two of us."

"Well, we still need to wait for a teacher, who is also coming on this high-speed train. Please wait a moment, two teachers."

"Ok."

After about 2 minutes, Zhao Gang suddenly shouted, "Sister Liang Jing, here." He shouted while waving to a lady who had just left the station.

Seeing the other person looking this way, Zhao Gang said to Liu Dong, "This is Liang Jing, the attending physician in the oncology department of our hospital. His main focus is digestive tract tumors. I wonder if he is the person we are waiting for?"

After saying that, Zhao Gang glanced at the person who greeted them. After hearing this, the man replied, "Teacher Zhao, it is Teacher Liang we are waiting for."

After Liang Jing arrived, she greeted Zhao Gang and Liu Dong and exchanged a few words.

The man waited for a few seconds and then said, "Teachers, we are all here, follow me this way."

"It's not easy to park near the exit, so we parked a little further this time. Let's go there first. I've already informed the driver to bring the car over."

Several people walked towards the parking lot.

Walking to a passage in the parking lot, the three of them waited temporarily. Soon, the driver drove over in a commercial vehicle.

Usually, when attending annual meetings of medical societies or academic conferences of various sub-specialties, participants are responsible for their own itinerary and travel expenses. If an individual’s scientific research funds cover the expenses of relevant academic conferences, they can be reimbursed for this part of the expenses. , or hospitals and departments with budgets for this part can also be reimbursed.

In contrast, conferences hosted by pharmaceutical companies basically have travel budgets. In that case, after sales report the list of participants, the company's travel supplier for a conference will provide relevant services. Participants are basically picked up and dropped off by car, and the cost is borne by the company.However, different companies have different fee standards based on compliance requirements.Basically, those who don’t have money can only take express trains, those who have money can take private cars, and if there are many people riding together, they can arrange commercial cars; for high-speed rail, those who are tight on expenses will be reimbursed for second-class seats, and those who are rich can get first-class seats, but most of them Most of them do not offer business seats; for airplanes, tickets are basically issued according to economy class. Some people are allowed to choose super economy class, but business class or business class requires strict special approval.

Liu Dong and other three people took the commercial vehicle because they were three people together.

When we arrived at the hotel, it was already eleven o'clock.

There are three tables in one corner of the hotel. There are computers, conference badges, cloth bags and other items on the table, and there is a roll-up banner of "GIST Disease Forum" next to it.

Liu Dong followed Zhao Gang and Liang Jing and walked towards the reception area.

"Welcome to the meeting, are you Teacher Liang Jing, Teacher Zhao Gang and Teacher Liu Dong?" One of the girls stood up and held a name badge, a bag and a piece of paper with the room number written on it in her hand.

"Yes, I am Zhao Gang/Liang Jing/Liu Dong." The three of them reported their names respectively.I saw the girl handing the things in her hand to the three of them one by one, and then said, "You can take your ID card and this note and go to the front desk to check in."

She paused briefly, and then continued, "The hotel's buffet was open until nine o'clock in the evening, and it has ended now. If teachers have not eaten dinner, they can also order dinner in the hotel room. We have also communicated with the hotel about the dinner limit. After that, they will remind you again when ordering food.”

The three of them looked indifferent and said nothing else.

The girl continued, "Well, by the way, breakfast is from 06:30 to 10:30 in the morning, in the cafeteria on the first floor. You can just report your room number then. Then I won't disturb the three teachers. You Get some rest early.”

On Saturday morning, Liu Dong got up at six o'clock.

Last night, before he went to sleep, he had already checked and found out that there was a park near the hotel, which had a pretty high rating and was a good place for fun and relaxation.So, after he got up early in the morning, he went to the park for a walk.

Beautiful scenery at a good time, pleasing to the eye.

After a walk, we returned to the hotel and had breakfast.Then I turned on the computer in the room and read a review of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, which was also a preview for the meeting.

There is a difference between foreign companies and domestic companies in meetings, that is, the compliance is stricter.To arrange a meeting, there must be a sign-in and attendance rate, and the person who incurs the fee must be the person who attended the meeting.Occasionally, there will be "flight inspection" to the conference site to check the conference scale and participation rate.

Therefore, half an hour before the meeting, Liu Dong received a message from Zhao Gang, "The meeting will be held at 9 o'clock. Be there in time and try to participate in the whole process."

"Okay." Liu Dong replied.He came to the meeting because of the content of the meeting. Even if Zhao Gang didn't remind him, he would attend the whole meeting.

Stromal tumor is a kind of borderline benign and malignant tumor that can occur in various parts of the digestive system, most commonly in the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.Clinically speaking, "gastric cancer" and "intestinal cancer" are cancer cells that gradually invade outward from the inner lining (mucosa) of the gastrointestinal tract, showing a crab-claw-like, unencapsulated growth shape with unclear boundaries.Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, commonly known as GISTs, originate from mesenchymal tissue. The outer layer of the tumor is mostly covered by an adventitia, with clear borders, and lymph node metastasis rarely occurs.

Therefore, gastrointestinal stromal tumor is a type of disease different from gastric cancer and intestinal cancer.It is not sensitive to traditional chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Targeted drugs are the main treatment method and can bring significant survival benefits to patients with this disease.

Because the incidence rate of gastrointestinal stromal tumors is not as high as gastric cancer and intestinal cancer, and there are many new developments in the treatment of this disease, doctors' understanding of this disease, especially the new developments, is uneven.

In view of this, pharmaceutical companies have launched a special conference such as the "GIST Disease Summit Forum" in the past two years.There are two purposes. One is to improve the understanding of gastrointestinal stromal tumor, and the other is to let more doctors know that there are new targeted drugs on the market, and patients with advanced stages have better treatment drugs to choose from. .

It was precisely because of these circumstances that Liu Dong felt very interested.

When exploring unknown areas, it is time to be more academic, even if it is a conference hosted by a pharmaceutical company.The reason is simple. Traditional radiotherapy and chemotherapy are insensitive and less effective. However, targeted therapy drugs have been proven to have very significant advantages through clinical phase III trials.In this case, pharmaceutical companies have a winning chance. They only need to make correct academic presentations to expand the market share of their products.

Because there is no better choice, in order to provide patients with products with good curative effects, doctors will pinch their noses even if they have opinions about this pharmaceutical company.Just like for online articles, "good writing can break all conventions", for diseases, "it's so effective and safe that it's hard not to use it!"

As expected, Liu Dong received the conference schedule and looked at it carefully. He found that he was right. The conference agenda covered "diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, surgical treatment, medical treatment, pathology and genetic diagnosis" and other contents. , full of useful information.
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