Good Physicians Are Rarely Dispassionate. They Agonize

All Cancers Are Alike But They Are Alike In A Unique Way.

If The History Of Medicine Is Told Through The Stories Of Doctors, It Is Because Their Contributions Stand In Place Of The More Substantive Heroism Of Their Patients.

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 Disease.

I Wanted To Explore Cancer Not Just Biologically, But Metaphorically. The Idea That Tuberculosis In The 19th Century Possessed The Same Kind Of Frightening And Decaying Quality Was Very Interesting To Me, And It Seemed That One Could Explore The Idea That Every Age Defined Its Own Illness.

Most Discoveries Even Today Are A Combination Of Serendipity And Of Searching.