“The chances in some cases are infinitesimal, but the potential is still there. This is about all that patients need to know and it is about all that patients want to know.”
― The Emperor of All Maladies
― The Emperor of All Maladies
“It remains an astonishing, disturbing fact that in America—a nation where nearly every new drug is subjected to rigorous scrutiny as a potential carcinogen, and even the bare hint of a substance’s link to cancer ignites a firestorm of public hysteria and media anxiety—one of the most potent and common carcinogens known to humans can be freely bought and sold at every corner store for a few dollars.”
― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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― The Emperor of All Maladies
― The Emperor of All Maladies
“The smiling oncologist does not know whether his patients vomit or not.”
― The Emperor of All Maladies
― The Emperor of All Maladies
“People with serious illness have priorities besides simply prolonging their lives. Surveys find that their top concerns include avoiding suffering, strengthening relationships with family and friends, being mentally aware, not being a burden on others, and achieving a sense that their life is complete.”
― Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
― Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
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