Cancer can no longer be classified according to the organ in which it arises. It has to be characterized in terms of… — Laurie Glimcher Arise 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… — Laurie Glimcher Aids Copy Share Image
I like to think of making cancer a chronic disease rather than focus just on curing cancer. — Laurie Glimcher Cancer 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… — Laurie Glimcher Body 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… — Laurie Glimcher Cancer 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… — Laurie Glimcher Able 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… — Laurie Glimcher Biomedical 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… — Laurie Glimcher Cancer 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… — Laurie Glimcher Disease 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… — Laurie Glimcher Academic 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… — Laurie Glimcher Believe 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… — Laurie Glimcher Aids Copy Share Image
If you have a pap smear every year, there's no reason to develop cervical cancer. — Laurie Glimcher Cancer Copy Share Image
Once you close down your laboratory, you can't just rev it up again if you're able to finally get a grant. — Laurie Glimcher Able Copy Share Image
The four most common cancers that account for about 80 percent of all cancer deaths are lung, breast, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer. — Laurie Glimcher Accounts Copy Share Image
HIV/AIDS from converted from a lethal disease into a chronic disease because basic scientists' fundamental research was done that illuminated aspects of… — Laurie Glimcher Aids 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… — Laurie Glimcher Can do Copy Share Image
If one has a routine colonoscopy at the age of 50 and then colonoscopies thereafter as the physician recommends, you could largely… — Laurie Glimcher Age Copy Share Image
When we think about lung cancer, the biggest environmental factor is without doubt smoking. Um, that would make a huge impact and… — Laurie Glimcher Cancer 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… — Laurie Glimcher Acting Copy Share Image
