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title: "4 Oncologist Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/i-will-forever-be-grateful-to-my-oncologist-for-opening-the-door-and/)

[David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/david-rakoff-3308_be-grateful_i-will-forever-be-grateful-to-my-oncolog_240723.png)

> [“Although the oncologist was a prominent expert in his field, Burton remembers him “mainly for what he taught me about uncritical acceptance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-m-grant/although-the-oncologist-was-a-prominent-expert-in-his-field-burton/)

[Adam M. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-m-grant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/adam-m-grant-1427_doing-good_although-the-oncologist-was-a-prominent_623896.jpg)

> [What does it mean to be an oncologist? It means that you get to sit in at a moment of another person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddhartha-mukherjee/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-oncologist-it-means-that-you-get-to-sit-in/)

[Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddhartha-mukherjee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/siddhartha-mukherjee-1619_also_what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-oncologist-it_2830674.png)

> [I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-wallace/i-m-sure-it-really-is-hard-to-be-an-oncologist-and-actually-more-and/)

[Marcia Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-wallace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/marcia-wallace-37942_cancer_i-m-sure-it-really-is-hard-to-be-an-onco_3152229.png)

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