Mary Lasker was an entrepreneur; she was a socialite. She was kind of a legendary networker. She became interested in saying, 'Well, you know, if these diseases don't have political support we'll never conquer them.' And she made, really, cancer her special cause. Siddhartha Mukherjee cancerconquerdisease share on social
In a spiritual sense, a positive attitude may help you get through chemotherapy and surgery and radiation and what have you. But a positive mental attitude does not cure cancer - any more than a negative mental attitude causes cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee attitudecancerchemotherapy share on social
Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching. Siddhartha Mukherjee combinationdiscoverysearch Change image and share on social
Most days, I go home and I feel rejuvenated. I feel ebullient. Siddhartha Mukherjee dayebullientfeel Change image and share on social
When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It's not that simple. Siddhartha Mukherjee absolutehopeimmerse Change image and share on social
Cell culture is a little like gardening. You sit and you look at cells, and then you see something and say, 'You know, that doesn't look right'. Siddhartha Mukherjee cellculturegarden Change image and share on social
If there's a seminal discovery in oncology in the last 20 years, it's that idea that cancer genes are often mutated versions of normal genes. Siddhartha Mukherjee cancerdiscoverygene Change image and share on social
I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read. Siddhartha Mukherjee cardinallearnread Change image and share on social
There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression. Siddhartha Mukherjee ancientcancerconnection Change image and share on social
There is an enormous amount of options that a physician can provide today, right down from curing patients, treating patients, or providing patients with psychic solace or pain relief. So, in fact, the gamut of medical intervention is enormous. Siddhartha Mukherjee amountcureenormous share on social