In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene.

Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.

Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.

I had learned of Gertrude Steins bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.