Out of Patients EP404: Dr. Allyson Ocean Unfiltered: Science, Colons and Calling BS

Allyson J. Ocean, has been everywhere in cancer care that matters—and probably helped build half of it. She’s one of the most relentlessly effective oncologists working today, with a résumé that reads like a directory of cancer nonprofits, biotech boards, and medical breakthroughs.

We’ve known each other for two decades but never actually sat down and talked like humans. Until now.

This conversation is what happens when two OGs from the advocacy world compare battle scars and receipts.

We cover everything: the origin story of a GI oncologist with an international relations degree, why empathy in medicine still feels like a rebellious act, and how liquid biopsies might finally drag early detection into this century.

Allyson breaks down how our toxic food system screws with cancer risk, explains why colonoscopies aren’t going anywhere, and shares how photography and shopping keep her sane.

She's funny, sharp, and occasionally unhinged—in the best possible way. We even talk about the royal family of Luxembourg, because of course we do.

She brought clarity. She brought heat. And she reminded me why having real conversations with real people still matters.

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