John Cameron Quotes

I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.

My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.

When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics.

Radiation is relentless: my protocol is five days a week, 33 sessions altogether.

Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.

'Cancer' is such a frightening word.

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.

Medical physics is an applied area of physics.

It is likely that we need more radiation to improve our longevity.

My life and the lives of many across the world have been deeply affected by lymphoma.

Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties.

I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor.

I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health.

I've been focused on detecting nuclear terrorism at ports, in cargo containers, and I developed and built detectors that are extremely cheap and also very sensitive. My other big development is a system to produce medical isotopes that are injected into patients and used to diagnose and treat cancer.

I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Chemo gets all the notoriety, but for me, radiation was really the tough one.

Nuclear industry proponents often assert that low doses of radiation (eg below 100mSV) produce no ill effects and are therefore safe. But , as the US National Academy of Sciences BEIR VII report has concluded, no dose of radiation is safe, however small, including background radiation; exposure is cumulative and adds to an individual's risk of developing cancer.

I have been through a lot of medical trauma. I was diagnosed with breast cancer .

Millions of Americans every year depend upon medical imaging exams to diagnose disease and detect injury, and thousands more rely on radiation therapy to treat and cure their cancers.

Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.

When I was 41, I found a lump the size of a grape in my right breast. I ended up bald, sick and exhausted from surgeries, chemo and radiation treatments. Ah, but I got to live.

At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.

Cancer is, in general, an increasingly important topic, in part because we've gotten so good at preventing other forms of death that cancer, despite some gains made against it, is becoming even more prominent.

I had a ringside seat to cancer. As have most people.

I'm taking special treatments for the cancer in my brain and in my liver. Part of the liver was removed, and they did the treatment on four places in my brain with radiation. And now I'm taking a long-term medicine that stimulates my own immune system to fight against cancer.