Xueba’s medical black technology system

Chapter 180 The communication with Brennan cannot be said to be like old friends at first sight, it can only be said to be a very pleasant conversation!

"Professor Hu, if you think about it carefully, we haven't seen each other for more than a year."

In the car, Ji Hong looked at Hu Zhijian in the driver's seat and asked.

Hu Zhijian smiled and replied: "That's true. The last time we met was at an academic conference in Nara."

Ji Hong nodded: "Professor Hu, what is the content of your team's report at this lung cancer conference?"

Hu Zhijian simply said: "The topic of our report this time is that the detection of seven lung cancer-related antibodies combined with CT can improve the diagnostic efficiency of lung cancer."

"Although low-dose spiral CT can more easily detect pulmonary nodules in patients, it lacks sufficient accuracy when it comes to benign nodules and early lung cancer."

Ji Hong understood what Hu Zhijian meant. In fact, they all knew that lung cancer was not a big problem at all as long as it was discovered in time.

Even if the lesion is within 1cm, a simple minimally invasive surgery can completely eliminate lung cancer.

But the problem is that lung cancer is difficult to diagnose in its early stages. By the time it is diagnosed, most of the cases are already in the advanced stage, and by that time it is no longer something that surgery can solve.

Ji Hong said: "If the antibody level can be combined to accurately diagnose early-stage lung cancer, a large number of patients can be spared the suffering of lung cancer."

"But the premise is that you need a physical examination." Hu Zhijian smiled helplessly.

Ji Hong was speechless for a moment, and then the car fell into silence.

Hu Zhijian's words indeed hit the point. In fact, most people do not have the habit of regular physical examinations at all.

In other words, in their view, the hundreds of dollars spent on a physical examination are a completely unnecessary expense that should be saved.

Unless a physical examination report is required before joining the job, basically no one will go out of their way to get a physical examination.

In this case, no matter how good the diagnostic technology is, it will not help.

However, Ji Hong still said: "But no matter what, this research is still very practical."

Hu Zhijian smiled and shook his head: "No matter how valuable it is, it is not as valuable as the research of your student Lu Liang. PD-1/TIGIT inhibitors have really become good news for lung cancer patients."

"But then again, Professor Ji, your students will be preparing to give a report at this conference, right?"

"Yes, the third report of the LASLC joint meeting." Ji Hong nodded with a smile.

Hu Zhijian couldn't help but clicked his tongue and said: "Awesome, the main venue, Professor Ji, I heard that there are many well-known scholars attending this conference, and most of them are here to be your students. .”

"For example, Professor Azzoli, the president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, is a prominent figure who has participated in the research and clinical trials of more than 40 lung cancer drugs."

"Professor Ramalingam at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, the one who developed personalized treatments for lung cancer."

"Also Donaldson at Massachusetts General Hospital, Jackman at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute."

"I remember there was another famous figure, who it was, I think about it, it seems like"

Hu Zhijian kept talking to Ji Hong about the well-known experts who came to attend the meeting this time, while Ji Hong listened silently with a smile.

"By the way, I remembered, and Professor Murray Brennan, how come I almost forgot about this big shot.

This is the heavyweight, Chairman of the Department of Clinical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

This is the second-ranked cancer center in the United States and represents the highest authority in clinical and scientific research in the field of cancer in the world. "

Hu Zhijian slapped his forehead and said.

Serving as the chairman of the clinical oncology department at the second-ranked cancer center in the United States shows Murray Brennan's weight in this field.

But the moment Ji Hong heard the name Brennan, the smile on his face suddenly stiffened.

Ji Hong frowned and said, "Professor Hu, you just said, who else will attend the meeting?"

"Murray Brennan, what's wrong, Professor Ji, you look a little bad?"

Hu Zhijian also noticed the change in Ji Hong's expression at this moment, and he asked with some confusion.

Ji Hong narrowed his eyes slightly and replied after a moment of silence: "I know this person. To be more precise, the third reviewer of my student's paper is Murray Brennan."

The reviewers' comments will not only be sent to the journal editor, but also to the author of the paper. Ji Hong, as the corresponding author of Lu Liang's paper, will also receive the reviewers' comments.

Therefore, he knew Brennan's sharp opinions on Lu Liang's article.

But Hu Zhijian didn't know so much. He smiled and said: "Isn't this just right? I can also thank the reviewer for passing the manuscript."

"No, he didn't submit a manuscript. His opinion was to reject the manuscript."

Ji Hong's tone was a little cold: "He had very sharp opinions on my student's paper. He directly rejected my student's paper. Thanks to the other two reviewers, it would not have been published in Science. .”

"Ah, why?"

Hu Zhijian had a surprised look on his face: "I have read your student's paper. The level is completely adequate. How could he fail?"

Ji Hong shook his head: "Who knows."

Hu Zhijian frowned: "Professor Ji, have you offended this person in any way?"

"No, I'm sure of that."

"Then why is this person going against you?"

"do not know."

Ji Hong still shook his head. At this point, he also felt puzzled.

In his mind, he didn't remember that he had offended this person in any way, but the other person felt as if he had a grudge against him.

Hu Zhijian frowned and looked a little solemn. He also realized the seriousness of this problem.

Logically speaking, since Brennan does not approve of Lu Liang's paper, Brennan should avoid the Asian Lung Cancer Conference.

The other party did not do this, but just participated.The purpose couldn't be more obvious, it was to come to Lu Liang to find trouble.

Hu Zhijian seemed to have remembered something, and he said, "I suddenly remembered that at this Asian Lung Cancer Conference, several major pharmaceutical companies also sent people to attend."

In the past, people from pharmaceutical companies rarely attended such academic conferences, unless they were the company's R&D personnel.

But this time, the pharmaceutical companies went against the norm.

This makes people have to start guessing.

Ji Hong rubbed his swollen eyebrows. It seemed that this meeting might not be peaceful.

Meanwhile, the venue.

Brennan looked at Lu Liang's expression with interest. He smiled slightly and said, "It seems that you don't need me to remind you. You have already remembered it."

Lu Liang narrowed his eyes slightly and grinned: "Why don't you remember, Professor Brennan, your evaluation impressed me deeply."

Just the bad review you gave me!
Lu Liang considers himself a very kind person, and he generally does not hold grudges.

He writes them down directly in the notebook!
At least now, Lu Liang has silently recorded Brennan in his little notebook.

"Really? It's an honor for me to be able to impress you so deeply."

Brennan said with a smile, every word he said was polite, but his tone was full of provocation.

Lu Liang shrugged: "I'm sorry, it didn't go as you expected. My article will be published as usual. Your review comments don't seem to be as important as I thought."

For Brennan, Lu Liang did not show too much mercy, but chose to mock Brennan directly.

Brennan was not angry at all. He smiled slightly: "The publication of an article does not mean that everything will be fine. Every year, there are quite a few articles in Scinece that are retracted."

"Researcher Lu, what will happen if your article is retracted by Science?"

Regarding Brennan's threat, Lu Liang's face was very calm, and Brennan's words did not make him feel too panicked.

Who are you scaring? I really think he is scared.

Lu Liang admitted that Brennan did have a large enough voice in the field of oncology.

But it has not yet reached the level where someone else’s paper can be withdrawn from Science with just one sentence.

Papers are retracted by Science only under certain circumstances.

One is that the author discovered that there were loopholes in his research, so he took the initiative to apply for retraction.

The second one is that the article contains serious errors or fraud. It was pointed out that Science withdrew the article in order to maintain the authority of the journal.

Therefore, if Brennan wants Lu Liang's article to be withdrawn from Science, he must point out that there are serious errors in Lu Liang's article.

As it happened, Lu Liang was quite confident in his research.

Lu Liang smiled and said, "Then it depends on your ability, Professor Brennan."

Brennan looked calm and seemed to be fully prepared. Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Shake your hand, Researcher Lu. If you continue like this, we will have many more interactions in the future."

Lu Liang was not afraid. He stretched out his hand and held it with Brennan.

"I'm looking forward to your report. When the time comes, I will definitely concentrate and listen carefully." Brennan smiled slightly.

"It will definitely give you value for money." Lu Liang also replied with a smile.

"hope so."

Brennan shrugged and walked away.

Looking at Brennan's leaving back, Lu Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, then withdrew his gaze and prepared to leave.

At this time, Lu Liang's cell phone rang with a message. He took it out of his pocket and found that it was a message sent to him by Ji Hong.

"Xiao Lu, do you remember Brennan, the third reviewer of your article? I just heard that he will attend this conference."

When Lu Liang saw this news, his expression suddenly became strange.

It can only be said that Ji Hong's reminder came a little late.

Lu Liang replied: "We met just now and we chatted for a while."

Ji Hong replied very quickly: "We met here, how is the situation?"

It can be seen that Ji Hong is very nervous at the moment.

Lu Liang described the entire process to Ji Hong.

Then he thought for a moment and said, "I can't say that we hit it off right away, I can only say that we had a great time chatting with each other!"

In the car.

Originally, Ji Hong wanted to remind Lu Liang of this matter so that Lu Liang could be mentally prepared in advance.

But what Ji Hong never expected was that Lu Liang had already met Brennan when he sent the message.

This made Ji Hong become nervous for a moment, and he quickly sent a message to ask about the situation.

Fortunately, not long after, Ji Hong's cell phone rang with a message, and Lu Liang replied to his message.

Ji Hong quickly picked up his phone and checked it.

However, when Ji Hong saw Lu Liang's reply, his expression suddenly became strange.

At the same time, three big question marks emerged in my mind.

Do you call this a pleasant conversation?
(End of this chapter)