Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-23
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
We have heard of many dedicated individuals doing their jobs in a respectful manner, but have you 
heard of a medical school professor who keeps a journal of his development of late-stage cancer and determines to donate his body after death to a medical school? A Taiwanese professor took his commitment to his profession to extremes.
Three years ago, a well-respected Taipei Medical University professor, Huang De-xiu, was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 83 and was told surgery was not possible anymore as the disease was complicated with multiple tumors. After performing a self-assessment, Huang decided to give up active medications and to start documenting the progression of the disease, including how it has spread into nearby tissues and distant parts of the body, according to the Chinese-language United Daily News.
On top of keeping a journal of the progression of the disease, Huang also signed a body donation consent form that assigned the Taipei Medical University as recipient for the purpose of research. [FULL STORY]
