We have lost the war on cancer, according to professor of medicine and director of Columbia University's Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center Azra Raza. Each year, $150 billion is spent treating ...

Five decades since Anand hit the screen, cancer has become the emperor of all maladies with an estimated 18 million new cases diagnosed each year. A decade from now, the global burden is projected to ...

Why has so little progress been made in diagnosing and treating cancer over the past few decades and how can physicians, researchers, and patients advocate for more effective research and humane ...

Dr. Azra Raza speaks with the fierceness of someone whose existence revolves around life-saving matters. For more than 30 years, she’s treated leukemia patients and researched how to treat ...

Leading oncologist Azra Raza says despite all the money spent and progress made, the way we treat cancer today is an “embarrassment.” Her new book, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing ...

The Columbia professor on taking healthcare out of the stone age, her ideas for cancer prevention – and why getting too close to patients is an occupational hazard Azra Raza is an oncologist, and ...

In The First Cell (Basic, Oct.), oncologist Raza discusses a new approach to dealing with cancer. Do you see a major shift in your field coming? Absolutely. The current cancer paradigm, scientifically ...