Episode 213: Cracking the Cancer Code

The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

Azra Raza, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University in New York, joins Jonathan Sackier to discuss her mission to shift the field of oncology, ensuring it focuses on eliminating the first cancer cell rather than chasing after the last.

Timestamps: 

(00:00)-Introduction

(02:37)-Poetry

(08:50)-Raza’s journey into oncology

(14:41)-Myelodysplastic syndrome and Raza’s tissue bank

(21:16)-The First Cell

(28:18)-The cancer Questions Project

(38:20)-Goals for the future

(44:40)-The most pressing issues in cancer care

(48:14)-Financially incentivising early detection

(57:00)-3 Quarks Daily

(59:10)-Three wishes for healthcare