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An oncologist _______________ the options, but, somewhere in the discussion, things get skewed. The choice becomes something more like,"Well, you could choose to do something, or you could choose to do nothing. We could be _______________,and treat your cancer, or we could _______________." And 9.9 times out of 10,the patient says,"I want to do everything I can do."Of course.Who wouldn't want everything? But what is everything? Is everything the ability to sit in your own home in front of your window ____________________ and _________________________? Is everything still being able to _________________________ and your toes, because they haven't gone __________ from chemotherapy? As oncologists, our everything is cancer treatment. It's radiation and surgery and chemotherapy and ______________________________. And for us, the worst thing that could happen -- and I have heard more than one oncologist say this -- the worst thing that could happen is that the patient will develop metastatic disease. Or, the worst thing that could happen is that five years from now, the ____________________, and I'll have to give more radiation. As _______________ and as ____________________, I would never argue that these are not _________________________. But are they the worst? Should cancer control be ___________________________________, always? Many unspeakably, unfathomably painful and brutal things have happened to me because of my cancers and my genetic mutation. And yet, I _______________________________________, because the worst thing that could happen never ____________________; because I have ____________________and _______________ ______________________________, but ______________________________. When I _________________________ metastatic breast cancer, I went to Boston for a second opinion, because what could I lose? When my oncologist gave me very good and very safe and very _________________________, I started medical school anyway, even though I was _______________ active cancer treatment. Instead of _________________________ patients with cancer, I became a radiation oncologist, and I work with patients who are very much like me every single day. Instead of _________________________ that I might cause to a future partner when I died of cancer, I married my wonderful husband. Because the worst thing that can happen is always ___________________________________. It's _________________________ that should be filled with life.
As oncologists, our everything is cancer treatment. It's radiation and surgery and chemotherapy and novel treatments. And for us, the worst thing that could happen -- and I have heard more than one oncologist say this -- the worst thing that could happen is that the patient will develop metastatic disease. Or, the worst thing that could happen is that five years from now, the cancer will grow, and I'll have to give more radiation.
身为肿瘤科医生，我们的一切都是癌症治疗，包括放射、手术、化疗，和新颖的治疗方式。对于我们而言，最糟糕的事情——而且我听过不只一位肿瘤科医生说过——最糟糕的事情莫过于病人发展出了转移癌。又或者，最糟糕的事情就是现在起的五年后，癌变范围不断地扩大，而我得为更多的病人提供放射性治疗。
radiation [ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃ(ə)n] n. 辐射，放射线；辐射的热（或能量等）（本篇出现多次了）
As a patient and as an oncologist, I would never argue that these are not devastating outcomes. But are they the worst? Should cancer control be at the center of our thinking, always?
身为癌症患者同时也是肿瘤科医生的我，绝不会去否认这些不是非常糟的结果。但这些是最糟的吗？我们应该所有一切都围绕癌症治疗来思考吗？
Many unspeakably, unfathomably painful and brutal things have happened to me because of my cancers and my genetic mutation.
许多无法言语、无法理解的痛苦且残忍的事情都接二连三地发生在我身上，全是因为我的癌症和基因突变。 unspeakably [ʌnˈspiːkəbli] adv. 无法形容地；说不出地 unfathomably adv 深不可测地 brutal [ˈbruːt(ə)l] adj. 野蛮的，凶残的；毫不掩饰的，直截了当的；令人不快的，糟糕的
unspeakably [ʌnˈspiːkəbli] adv. 无法形容地；说不出地 unfathomably adv 深不可测地 brutal [ˈbruːt(ə)l] adj. 野蛮的，凶残的；毫不掩饰的，直截了当的；令人不快的，糟糕的
And yet, I consider myself very lucky indeed, because the worst thing that could happen never came to pass; because I have let devastation and uncertainty sit at the table, but somewhere off to the side.
虽然如此，我还是认为自己真是个幸运的人，因为那些可能会来的最糟糕的事情始终没有到来，因为我让打击和不确定性融入了我的人生（意译，字面意思是就坐，入席），而不是取回避他们（意译，字面意思是放到一边）。
devastation [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn] n. 毁坏，破坏；荒废
When I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, I went to Boston for a second opinion, because what could I lose? When my oncologist gave me very good and very safe and very standard advice, I started medical school anyway, even though I was undergoing active cancer treatment.
在被诊断出转移性乳癌之后，我前往波士顿进行了二次检查，因为我已经没有什么可失去的了。当我的肿瘤科医生给了我非常好、非常安全，且非常标准的建议，我则开始去读医学院，虽然我同时还在接受癌症治疗。
Instead of shying away from patients with cancer, I became a radiation oncologist, and I work with patients who are very much like me every single day. Instead of imagining the suffering that I might cause to a future partner when I died of cancer, I married my wonderful husband. Because the worst thing that can happen is always a series of negatives. It's blank spaces that should be filled with life.
与其回避我是个癌症病患，我反而成为了放射性肿瘤科医生。我每天都在工作岗位上接触到和我非常像的病人。我并没有去想象，如果我死于癌症，会对我将来的伴侣造成多大的痛苦，相反我嫁给一个超好的丈夫。所有最糟糕的事情向来都是一连串的负面想法。空缺需要被生活来填补。
shy away from 回避