“My guest this week is Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, a returning guest to the drive. Sid is a physician, oncologist, researcher, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies, as well as other books, The Gene and The Song of the Cell.”
“We begin our conversation with cancer as this is the 15-year anniversary, it's hard to believe, of his remarkable book, An Emperor of All Maladies. We talk about where it comes from, how much it is driven by genetics versus chance, the challenges of detecting it early, and how treatment has advanced”
“Sid, awesome to see you, as always. And it's hard to believe it's been 15 years since Emperor of All Maladies. I remember reading it as soon as it came out, and that I think makes me feel a little old that 15 years has gone by so quickly.”
“here having another discussion in 15 years, looking back and saying, God, I can't believe it was 30 years ago you wrote Emperor of All Maladies. If you had to predict what we're going to say in 15 years that is true about cancer that is not yet true today, what do you realistically think that might be?”