Chapter 1052: [1052] She's actually holding back

Chapter 1052: [1052] She’s actually holding back

It is quite normal for the teachers and senior brothers to misunderstand that she’s a novice in scientific research, as they don’t know she has been reborn. Before her rebirth, she was involved in scientific research projects and had a general understanding of the situation. She never intended to rush things, just like Teacher Tan said, to first lay a solid foundation in surgical skills. The most important thing for a surgical medical student is to master their surgical techniques first, research can be taken up gradually.

Since she was also at fault, Tao Zhijie said: “Come on, let’s go to my office to talk.”

Talking in the corridor was inconvenient after all, so the group moved to the office.

In the office, Xie Wanying faced a group of seniors as if everyone was waiting for her to make a statement.

Gong Xiangbin whispered to the others: “She said she thought she wasn’t up to it.”

“Has no one seen her do research?” He Guangyou asked with a smile.

Qiu Ruiyun replied: “Truly not.”

For Ph.D. students, like their class’s internship plan, it was only in the last few months that they would enter the Ph.D. thesis phase and start learning how to conduct research.

“Let her share her idea, and we can help her with it,” said Guo Jiuliang.

“What other research ideas do you have? Spit it out quickly,” urged Gong Xiangbin.

Xie Wanying saw Song Xueling in the corner, barely holding back a smile, and quickly explained to the seniors that she wasn’t deliberately concealing anything, saying: “It was just an idea that came to me suddenly after listening to a lecture yesterday. I really hadn’t thought of it before.”

“Your idea came suddenly as inspiration after listening to someone else’s lecture?”

“Yes.”

“I’m asking you,” Tao Zhijie paced beside the office desk, pondering as he asked.

Xie Wanying turned around to prepare to answer the question.

“He said, why did you give him this idea? Do you think your idea has advantages over his research? Are the advantages only in reducing inconvenience for patients and doctors? Have you considered the issue of medical costs?”

The senior brother is indeed a boss, asking very sharp questions. He knew that it was impossible for her to have spoken rashly at someone else’s lecture out of the blue. The cost of a radiative particle stent, being new technology, would definitely be more expensive than old technologies. If there is no clear clinical advantage in the early stages, patients will choose the lower medical cost option instead of the higher one, even if it’s a bit more trouble. For these patients, they are not in a position to undergo surgery or to have the stent and drainage tube removed anyway. So, there’s not much difference between the two options.

Perhaps Professor Hao thought of this and rushed to ask the Hepatobiliary Surgery department. He may have believed that her comments yesterday were reserved because they touched upon the secrets of Guoxie’s Hepatobiliary Surgery and hence came to probe Tao Zhijie.

In fact, she did hold back when she spoke at yesterday’s meeting. Because if she had spoken, Professor Hao, not knowing her and without any research data on hand, it would seem as if she was talking about nothing, which could understandably raise doubts.

“Go on,” urged Gong Xiangbin.

Everyone on the scene could see that she was hiding something by her facial expression.

At this point, Xie Wanying had no choice but to say: “I have not conducted this research; I don’t have statistical data from clinical control groups, so what I said—”

“Alright, alright, just tell us what you speculate.”

“I estimate that existing biliary radiotherapy techniques can extend patients’ survival to a maximum of two years. This particle stent, however, could potentially extend patients’ survival to four or five years. Since it continuously performs precise radiotherapy inside the patient’s bile duct, it definitely doubles the effect of the original technology,” said Xie Wanying, cautiously rephrasing her statement to the seniors based on the technical data she knew before her rebirth.