When we think about lung cancer, the biggest environmental factor is without doubt smoking. Um, that would make a huge impact and has made a huge impact on the incidence of lung cancer. We have to keep pushing that and… — 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
