“Doctor, I’m not really comfortable every time you do your rounds with your interns and residents and I hear them discussing things about me as if I am a study material rather than a human being. I hear them say ‘Bed XX’ or ‘Case XX,’ and some young doctors refer to me as ‘The Lung Cancer Lady,’” said Annabelle, a patient with metastatic lung cancer who came into the oncology clinic for her maintenance immunotherapy. “It’s painful to hear them refer to us as if we’re living cancers and not living people. I hope you can do something about this,” she added.