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Opinion|Videos|February 4, 2026
Amy Luckenbaugh, MD, reflects on patient resilience, GU oncology advances for World Cancer Day
Author(s)Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD
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Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, FACS, shares what her patients have taught her about resilience as well as some of the advances in urologic oncology that are giving her hope.
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In recognition of World Cancer Day on February 4, 2026, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, FACS, shares what her patients have taught her about resilience as well as some of the advances in urologic oncology that are giving her hope. Luckenbaugh is a urologic oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
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