“When I think of cancer prevention, I think of cancer vaccines, but I think more broadly of all that we can do to prevent cancer. And part of that is coming up with a vaccine that will work like the vaccines we have for hepatitis B or flu or polio.” ThinkingCan DoCancerFluVaccinesPreventionPolioHepatitis Author:Laurie Glimcher
“I like to think of making cancer a chronic disease rather than focus just on curing cancer.” ThinkingFocusDiseaseCancer Author:Laurie Glimcher
“I think there's a lack of understanding which is partly our fault as scientists and physicians in not communicating well enough with the public. But there's a lack of understanding of how important biomedical research is.” ThinkingWellsImportantEnoughUnderstandingResearchScientistFaultsCommunicatePhysiciansLack Of UnderstandingBiomedical Author: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 a huge impact on the incidence of lung cancer. We have to keep pushing that and making it clear to everybody why smoking is so dangerous.” ThinkingMadeClearDoubtDangerousHugeImpactEnvironmentalCancerFactorsSmokingPushingLungsIncidenceLung CancerEnvironmental Factors Author:Laurie Glimcher
“When you think of the costs of cancer care, one can imagine that drugs like checkpoint blockers or transfer of these T lymphocytes are actually cost-saving, just as treatments for hepatitis C, while expensive, overall save money by preventing hepatitis and hep - hepatocarcinoma in patients.” ThinkingCareImagineCostDrugPatientCancerSavingExpensiveTreatmentImagine ThatTransfersSaving MoneyPreventingCheckpointsHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Laurie Glimcher
“I think that the marriage of academic medical centers and academicians with the private sector is a very, is a marriage made in heaven because it's the best way to get basic discoveries from the laboratory into new therapeutics for our patients.” ThinkingWayMadeHeavenDiscoveryPatientMedicalBest WayAcademicLaboratoryPrivate Sector Author:Laurie Glimcher
