When You Immerse Yourself In Medicine You

When You Immerse Yourself In Medicine You Realise That Hope Is Not Absolute. It's Not That Simple.

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.

Cancer Has Enormous Diversity And Behaves Differently: It's Highly Mutable, The Evolutionary Principles Are Very Complicated And Often Its Capacity To Be Constantly Mystifying Comes As A Big Challenge.

A Positive Attitude Does Not Cure Cancer, Any More Than A Negative One Causes It.

It Is Hard To Look At The Tumor And Not Come Away With The Feeling That One Has Encountered A Powerful Monster In Its Infancy