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May 2024
29m 45s

89 - Tusks & Tumor Suppressors

THE CURIOUS CLINICIANS
About this episode

The Curious Clinicians answer a gigantic oncologic and evolutionary question: Why don't elephants get (as much) cancer?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).

Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer. 

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