Probably all of us have random rogue cancer cells floating around in our bodies but by and large, in the majority of cases, our immune system circulates and acts as a surveillance mechanism and kills off those few tumor cells. — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Cancer vaccines are in the future. And they could be very effective. Checkpoint blockade, which is acting your immune system to recognize those cancer cells and kill them is another very promising approach and there have been some checkpoint blockade… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
I think that the marriage of academic medical centers and academicians with the private sector is a very, is a marriage made in heaven… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
I like to think of making cancer a chronic disease rather than focus just on curing cancer. — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
The decrease in incidents of death from cancer is largely attributable to new medicines or therapeutics. Perhaps a third is attributable to changing our… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
I think there's a lack of understanding which is partly our fault as scientists and physicians in not communicating well enough with the public.… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
There are clearly environmental factors that can decrease the incidence and death from cancer. I would still say though that the majority of cancers… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Precision medicine is one way to attack cancer and it's proven to be very effective but, remember that like HIV/AIDS, you're going to need… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Hepatitis C was a devastating disease but because fundamental research was done in hepatitis C, it is now curable. It is now absolutely curable… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Probably all of us have random rogue cancer cells floating around in our bodies but by and large, in the majority of cases, our… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Precision medicine is diving into the DNA with a knowledge that everybody's tumor has a unique genetic profile and you want to be able… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Cancer can no longer be classified according to the organ in which it arises. It has to be characterized in terms of the genetic… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
When you think of the costs of cancer care, one can imagine that drugs like checkpoint blockers or transfer of these T lymphocytes are… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
If you have a pap smear every year, there's no reason to develop cervical cancer. — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
The key to HIV/AIDS was to say let's give a patient multiple different therapies at the same time and that makes the virus much… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
When I think of cancer prevention, I think of cancer vaccines, but I think more broadly of all that we can do to prevent… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
