Cancer Quote by Laurie Glimcher

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

When we think about lung cancer, the biggest environmental factor is without doubt smoking. Um, that would make a huge impact and has made…

— Laurie Glimcher

Cancer has been the No. 1 cause of death during the last half-century. The trend is getting even worse as the average life span increases.

— Tasuku Honjo

There's a rising cancer trend and, as I said, one of the major contributors is the overall ageing of the population - we aren't…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

The biggest risk factor for cancer is aging.

— Laurie Glimcher

More people live off cancer than die from it.

— Deepak Chopra

Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

— Harold E. Varmus

Cancer is, in general, an increasingly important topic, in part because we've gotten so good at preventing other forms of death that cancer, despite…

— Stephen J. Dubner

The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.

— James D. Watson

Air pollution puts people at higher risks for cancer, heart disease, and premature death.

— Ruben Gallego

In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.

— John Cameron