The trick to my writing, it turned out, was doing so exclusively in bed. The minute I even dared to discipline myself and write at the desk, I produced mounds of nonsense. Yet, sitting in bed, I wrote easily, effortlessly, fluidly. I became the master of perfect indiscipline. Siddhartha Mukherjee beddaredesk share on social
Cancer is not just a dividing cell. It's a complex disease: It invades, it metastasizes, it evades the immune system. Siddhartha Mukherjee cancercellcomplex 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
I had seen cancer at a more cellular level as a researcher. The first time I entered the cancer ward, my first instinct was to withdraw from what was going on - the complexity, the death. It was a very bleak time. Siddhartha Mukherjee bleakcancercellular share on social
I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India. Siddhartha Mukherjee basebigbreakthrough Change image and share on social
Cancer is not one disease but many diseases. Siddhartha Mukherjee cancerdisease Change image and share on social
If something is good, more is not necessarily better. Not always. Siddhartha Mukherjee goodnecessarily Change image and share on social
We may have to learn to live with cancer rather than die of it. It means a big change in our mindset and how we do research. We haven't quite reached there yet. Siddhartha Mukherjee bigcancerchange Change image and share on social
If you take 100 breast-cancer samples, 100 types of cancer have 100 different hallmarks of mutated genes. You could be nihilistic and say, 'Oh, God, we'll never be able to tackle this!' But there are deep, systematic, organizational principles at work in all that diversity. Siddhartha Mukherjee breastcancerdeep share on social
Every era casts cancer in its own image. Siddhartha Mukherjee cancercastera Change image and share on social
