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“Hepatitis C was a devastating disease but because fundamental research was done in hepatitis C, it is now curable. It is now absolutely curable with new medications. So this is transformative.”

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I think that the marriage of academic medical centers and academicians with the private sector is a very, is a marriage made in heaven…

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I like to think of making cancer a chronic disease rather than focus just on curing cancer.

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The decrease in incidents of death from cancer is largely attributable to new medicines or therapeutics. Perhaps a third is attributable to changing our…

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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.…

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There are clearly environmental factors that can decrease the incidence and death from cancer. I would still say though that the majority of cancers…

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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…

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Probably all of us have random rogue cancer cells floating around in our bodies but by and large, in the majority of cases, our…

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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…

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The biggest risk factor for cancer is aging.

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Cancer can no longer be classified according to the organ in which it arises. It has to be characterized in terms of the genetic…

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When you think of the costs of cancer care, one can imagine that drugs like checkpoint blockers or transfer of these T lymphocytes are…

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If you have a pap smear every year, there's no reason to develop cervical cancer.

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