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Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Could your medicine be a cell, not a pill? Could your medicine be an organ that’s created outside the body? Could your medicine be an environment? Picture Quote #1

Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching Picture Quote #1

I left Delhi in 1989 and remember very little of how life used to be then. Increasingly, in my recent visits to Delhi, I’ve started to realize that the city has become intellectually very lively. It makes me want to discover the city over and over again Picture Quote #1

Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There is a duality in recognising what an incredible disease it is - in terms of its origin, that it emerges out of a normal cell. It’s a reminder of what a wonderful thing a normal cell is. In a very cold, scientific sense, I think a cancer cell is a kind of biological marvel Picture Quote #1

There’s a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the ‘hidden imposthume’, and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it’s called ‘the big C’ Picture Quote #1

In 2005, a man diagnosed with multiple myeloma asked me if he would be alive to watch his daughter graduate from high school in a few months. In 2009, bound to a wheelchair, he watched his daughter graduate from college. The wheelchair had nothing to do with his cancer. The man had fallen down while coaching his youngest son’s baseball team Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We don’t know why, but pancreatic cancer has a very interesting physiological link to depression. There seems to be a deep link, and we don’t know what it is Picture Quote #1

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There’s a rising cancer trend and, as I said, one of the major contributors is the overall ageing of the population - we aren’t dying of other things, so we’re dying of cancer Picture Quote #1

I am a scientist and I am a physician. So I write papers Picture Quote #1

Most days, I go home and I feel rejuvenated. I feel ebullient Picture Quote #1

There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression Picture Quote #1

One swallow is a coincidence, but two swallows make summer Picture Quote #1

All cancers are alike but they are alike in a unique way Picture Quote #1

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A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century. 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 Picture Quote #1

A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer in terms of its internal genetic anatomy has really changed the way we treat and approach cancer in general Picture Quote #1

Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery Picture Quote #1

When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It’s not that simple Picture Quote #1

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Pharmacology is benefited by the prepared mind. You need to know what you are looking for Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I began wondering, can one really write a biography of an illness? But I found myself thinking of cancer as this character that has lived for 4,000 years, and I wanted to know what was its birth, what is its mind, its personality, its psyche? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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 Quotes) Could your medicine be a cell, not a pill? Could your medicine be an organ that’s created outside the body? Could your medicine be an environment? (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) I left Delhi in 1989 and remember very little of how life used to be then. Increasingly, in my recent visits to Delhi, I’ve started to realize that the city has become intellectually very lively. It makes me want to discover the city over and over again (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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 Quotes) There is a duality in recognising what an incredible disease it is - in terms of its origin, that it emerges out of a normal cell. It’s a reminder of what a wonderful thing a normal cell is. In a very cold, scientific sense, I think a cancer cell is a kind of biological marvel (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) There’s a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the ‘hidden imposthume’, and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it’s called ‘the big C’ (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) In 2005, a man diagnosed with multiple myeloma asked me if he would be alive to watch his daughter graduate from high school in a few months. In 2009, bound to a wheelchair, he watched his daughter graduate from college. The wheelchair had nothing to do with his cancer. The man had fallen down while coaching his youngest son’s baseball team. (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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. (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) We don’t know why, but pancreatic cancer has a very interesting physiological link to depression. There seems to be a deep link, and we don’t know what it is. (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) There’s a rising cancer trend and, as I said, one of the major contributors is the overall ageing of the population - we aren’t dying of other things, so we’re dying of cancer. (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) I am a scientist and I am a physician. So I write papers (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) Most days, I go home and I feel rejuvenated. I feel ebullient (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) One swallow is a coincidence, but two swallows make summer (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) All cancers are alike but they are alike in a unique way (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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 (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century. 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 (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer in terms of its internal genetic anatomy has really changed the way we treat and approach cancer in general (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It’s not that simple (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) Pharmacology is benefited by the prepared mind. You need to know what you are looking for (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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 (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) I began wondering, can one really write a biography of an illness? But I found myself thinking of cancer as this character that has lived for 4,000 years, and I wanted to know what was its birth, what is its mind, its personality, its psyche? (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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 (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes) 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 (Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes)

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