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Where and What is the Paradigm Shift Oncologists Expect in Understanding and Treating Cancer?

 
Dr. Larry Norton, Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center / Dr. Lynn Schuchter, Oncologist, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center / Carol Hochberg, SHARE / Dr. Dennis Slamon, Oncologist  Revlon  UCLA Womens' Cancer Research Program with interviewer Charlie Rose, discussing the paradigm shift in cancer discoveries and understanding that are occurring at that moment in labs around the world, and that they predicted would continue to bear significant fruit for the following 12 to 24 months - Interview from August 2007

Second half, interview about global communications with  Peter Chernin, President & Chief Operating Officer, News Corp.

 

 

Apr 14, 2008 |

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Melanie Haiken

Hi Susan,
I love your blog, it's so moving and honest. I wanted to let you know I linked to it in a round-up post: http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/telling-our-stories-the-importance-of-personal-cancer-blogs

Thanks so much for sharing your story with others.
Be well,
Melanie Haiken

Posted by: Melanie Haiken | Apr 15, 2008 at 08:08 PM

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