The sad gap between academic & community oncology can be bridged by mutual understanding * our field requires both breadth & depth * most cancer care should be delivered close to home (but sub-specialized treatment at tertiary & quaternary centers still has a time & place) * the majority of us strive to deliver the standard of care while the researchers (not mutually exclusive with clinicians) push us forward * just as pressure is a privilege, we all signed up for lifelong learning as the price of progress is the need to keep up with an ever-changing landscape (put another way: if I practiced the way I was trained ~15 years ago it would be malpractice by now) * patients want & need us to collaborate * we are truly better together :)