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 MukherjeeI 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 MukherjeeI believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.
Siddhartha Mukherjee