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Stacey Hurt

Stacey Hurt

Chief Patient Officer at Parexel; stage IV colorectal cancer survivor and patient advocate integrating patient perspectives into drug development and healthcare innovation.

Jun 29, 2026

1:07
So I guess just to start with, it'd be great to get a little bit of context and background actually to your story and what's actually driving your motivation for championing patient safety.
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Yes.
1:19
So unfortunately, I myself am a victim of both a diagnostic medical error and a surgical error.
1:29
The diagnostic error was when I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
1:36
One of the initial screenings was to get a CT scan.
1:40
And unfortunately, the CT scan missed the cancer in my liver.
1:46
So fortunately, I advocated to get a PET scan, which identified all the places in my body that had tumors, which I think was a total of 27.

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