Cancer for the hour next. Funding for rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Couric good evening. Im filling in for charlie rose. In 2017 according to the American Cancer Society, nearly 1. 7 Million People will be diagnosed with cancer. And over 600,000 of them will die. That is over 1600 deaths from cancer every single day. Its a matter that became deeply personal for me when my husband jay died of colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 42. But that was 19 years ago and today there have been a number of advances in medicine that have taken us a long way in the fight against cancer. There are promising new breakthroughs that are giving patients and their families a reason to hope. In 2015 president jimmy carter suffered from late stage melanoma, a cancer once thought to be a death
There are promising new breakthroughs giving patients and their families a reason to hope. In 2015, president jimmy carter suffered from late stage melanoma, a cancer once thought to be a death sentence. But after undergoing a new treatment, his tumors disappeared. And today, he is cancer free. How close are we really to finding a cure for cancer . To help answer that question, we are joined tonight by dr. Bill nelson. He is the director of the comprehensive Cancer Center at johns hopkins. Dr. Louise perkins is chief science officer at the Melanoma Research alliance. Dr. Neil segal is the clinical director of the immuno therapeutics group. Tom marsilje is an oncology Drug Discovery scientist and patient advocate who was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 40. You are an oncology researcher working on lung cancer primarily. In 2012, you had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Tell us what happened. I have always wanted to go into oncology Drug Discovery since high school.
There are promising new breakthroughs giving patients and their families a reason to hope. In 2015, president jimmy carter suffered from late stage melanoma, a cancer once thought to be a death sentence. But after undergoing a new treatment, his tumors disappeared. And today, he is cancer free. How close are we really to finding a cure for cancer . To help answer that question, we are joined tonight by dr. Bill nelson. He is the director of the comprehensive Cancer Center at johns hopkins. Dr. Louise perkins is chief science officer at the Melanoma Research alliance. Dr. Neil segal is the clinical director of the immuno therapeutics group. Tom marsilje is an oncology Drug Discovery scientist and patient advocate who was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 40. You are an oncology researcher working on lung cancer primarily. In 2012, you had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Tell us what happened. I have always wanted to go into oncology Drug Discovery since high school.
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