Quotation

Cancer

the Emperor of All Maladies
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If you could find one great theme in cancer over the last 100 years – it’s the men and women who have said ‘I’m not taking this anymore – I’m going to try something else.’ And that’s how science and medicine are advanced – by people refusing to take the status quo. Howard Markel, MD, PHD – Medical Historian === [Bernard Fisher] was the most hated surgeon in the history of mankind. His colleagues got to the Cancer Institute and vilified him. I used to go to the meetings and sit and listen to them tear him apart. I sometimes wonder how he survived it. What struck me was he was a tough guy. Vincent DeVita, MD – Former Director, National Cancer Institute === In God we trust. All others must have data. Bernard Fisher, MD, FACS – Surgeon and Cancer Pioneer