Sometimes the biggest answers come from asking the right question.

When Phil Nozaki was preparing for surgery, one surgeon from UCLA suggested something different: genetic testing before the operation.

That decision revealed that Phil wasn’t dealing with a typical kidney cancer.
He had HLRCC (𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳) a rare hereditary form of the disease that only a handful of doctors in the country were researching at the time.

Moments like this remind us how important curiosity, expertise, and second opinions can be in medicine. One thoughtful decision by a physician can completely reshape the path forward.

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