In cancer we're talking about understanding the process by which these cells malfunction, and hopefully manipulating the cells to reverse that malfunction.

Over the last few months, I've been telling women who are high risk to stay tuned and we'll wait and see the (study) results before we put them on a preventative treatment.

What you're talking about here is a cancer and you have to cut it out, ... You can't use Band-Aids.

It will be an important step in our understanding of the genetic components of cancer and the genetic susceptibilities of people affected by cancer.

This work is potentially very important in terms of understanding how prostate cancer develops, but the results must now be confirmed in a larger number of prostate cancer samples.

There are some exciting new molecular-targeted drugs that are helpful, and we're understanding the molecular biology of lung cancer much better today in helping to design more rational treatments. But unfortunately, the vast majority of people with lung cancer today will die from their disease.