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Although I liked especially physics and mathematics for which I had considerable talent, I decided to study medicine. This profession had for me a strong emotional appeal, which was reinforced by having an uncle who was an excellent surgeon.

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Society does not seem prepared to accept the sacrifices required for an effective prevention of cancer.

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We have ourselves begun to put our house in order by banning some experiments that may contain a risk for mankind. We would like to see society take a similar attitude, abandoning selfish practices that are dangerous for society itself.

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I was born in Catanzaro, Italy, from a Calabrese mother and a Ligurian father.

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The life I remember begins at Imperia, where I went to school, including the Ginnasio-Liceo 'De Amicis.'

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All through the student years, I was at the top of my class although I was two years younger than everybody else.

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I stress the relevance of my work for cancer research because I believe that science must be useful to man.

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Historically, science and society have gone separate ways, although society has provided the funds for science to grow, and in return, science has given society all the material things it enjoys.

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While we spend our life asking questions about the nature of cancer and ways to prevent or cure it, society merrily produces oncogenic substances and permeates the environment with them.

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I know mortality exists, but I cannot do anything about it. So it does not make me anxious.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Scientist

Born: February 22nd, 1914

Died: February 19th, 2012

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