{"id":683,"date":"2026-01-14T07:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:12:40","slug":"cancer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group inner-content\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve taken agency in the treatment of my bone cancer (osteosarcoma in the T5 vertebrae of the upper spine). After I&#8217;ve ran out of standard of care treatment options and there were no trials available for me I&#8217;ve started doing: maximum diagnostics, created new treatments, started doing treatments in parallel, and scaling this for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elliot Hershberg wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/centuryofbio.com\/p\/sid\">great and extensive article about my cancer journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1GtYR8Of7215PJbTqwJILK3_ESlMLvKzLRL4lFSgeGl4\/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p\">cancer journey deck<\/a> is embedded below, there also is a <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.openai.com\/public\/videos\/event-replay-from-terminal-to-turnaround-how-gitlabs-co-founder-leveraged-chatgpt-in-his-cancer-fight-2026-03-18\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forum.openai.com\/public\/videos\/event-replay-from-terminal-to-turnaround-how-gitlabs-co-founder-leveraged-chatgpt-in-his-cancer-fight-2026-03-18\">recording of an OpenAI Forum presentation<\/a>. The companies we are building to scale this approach for others can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/evenone.ventures\">evenone.ventures<\/a>. Please scroll further on this page for my data and other information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"deferred-embed\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"display:block;width:960px;max-width:100%;height:569px;background:#fff;\"><\/span><template class=\"deferred-embed-template\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQquQFxYTI3P66-k5nW9hw3FSIshp6npArFGs6NOPbmvJT1koOcNcJ0yMfhv9C8MJIwElaIDr-kX03Q\/pubembed?start=false&#038;loop=false&#038;delayms=3000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"960\" height=\"569\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/template><noscript><style>.deferred-embed{display:none;}<\/style><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQquQFxYTI3P66-k5nW9hw3FSIshp6npArFGs6NOPbmvJT1koOcNcJ0yMfhv9C8MJIwElaIDr-kX03Q\/pubembed?start=false&#038;loop=false&#038;delayms=3000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"960\" height=\"569\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the medical industry can be more patient first, see  this great article by Ruxandra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingruxandrabio.com\/p\/the-bureaucracy-blocking-the-chance\">https:\/\/www.writingruxandrabio.com\/p\/the-bureaucracy-blocking-the-chance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my data please see <a href=\"https:\/\/osteosarc.com\/\">https:\/\/osteosarc.com\/<\/a> that includes my <a href=\"https:\/\/osteosarc.com\/timeline\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/osteosarc.com\/timeline\/\">treatment timeline<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jN-Tzfcu2LroZz7q75XiEb1X3w32x9Mn4fo3O75-rh8\/edit?tab=t.0\">data overview doc<\/a> with 25TB of publicly readable Google Cloud buckets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osteosarc.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"556\" data-attachment-id=\"690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sytse.com\/cancer\/screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12-59-23-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?fit=1914%2C2026&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1914,2026\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-01-15 at 12.59.23\u202fPM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?fit=525%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?resize=525%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?resize=967%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 967w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?resize=283%2C300&amp;ssl=1 283w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?resize=768%2C813&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?resize=1451%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?resize=1200%2C1270&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?w=1914&amp;ssl=1 1914w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sytse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.59.23-PM.png?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/sijbrandij.substack.com\/\">my mailing list<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact me at cancer@sytse.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve taken agency in the treatment of my bone cancer (osteosarcoma in the T5 vertebrae of the upper spine). After I&#8217;ve ran out of standard of care treatment options and there were no trials available for me I&#8217;ve started doing: maximum diagnostics, created new treatments, started doing treatments in parallel, and scaling this for others. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sytse.com\/cancer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cancer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255339407,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pg1mRH-b1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255339407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sytse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}