Podcasts about azra raza

Tell us what you though of the episodeIn this intimate conversation on Kingdom of Dreams -The Making of Stories,  Dr. Azra Raza opens up about her journey as an oncologist, poet, and mother—one shaped by personal loss and driven by an unshakable commitment to changing the way we treat cancer.From her early days surrounded by poetry to losing her husband to leukemia, Dr. Raza's path has been marked by resilience and purpose. She speaks candidly about the emotional toll of cancer—not just on patients, but on families and doctors—and why the current system needs a complete overhaul.Dr. Azra Raza is a leading oncologist, researcher, and author, serving as Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University. Born in Pakistan and trained in the U.S., she has spent over four decades focused on early cancer detection, especially in leukemia. She's known for her pioneering research, her bestselling book The First Cell, and her advocacy for a more humane, patient-centered approach to cancer care.#togetherwewillbeatcancer #cancerclinicaltrials #cancercharity #canceroutcomes #lungcancertreatment http://twitter.com/dreamingkingdomhttp://instagram.com/kingdomofdreamspodcasthttp://facebook.com/kingdomofdreamspodcast Watch the feature films that I have directedCitizen of Moria - https://rb.gy/azpsuIn Search of My Sister - https://rb.gy/1ke21Official Website - www.jawadmir.com

Can we detect cancer so early such that we find the very first cell of cancer? Not just stage 1 cancer, but the first cell of cancer.In this episode, Dr. Michael Levin and I speak with Dr. Azra Raza. She is an oncologist pioneering early detection of cancer using electric signals. So far, our best solution to curing cancer has been to detect it early, and she wants to take this further, by nipping cancer at the very first cell.Her story with cancer is also deeply personal as she lost her husband to the disease. You can see in the episode how much she cares about solving cancer through early detection, and how aggrieved she is about the fact that not only have we made zero progress on cancer in the last 100 years, but doctors are also not focused on cancer prevention.Dr. Raza is also the author of the book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/arazaFind me: https://x.com/aasthajs My longevity products: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/2024TIMESTAMPS:0:00 New theory of cancer1:45 What causes cancer? 5:39 Hybrid cells in cancer 11:16 Why do cancer cells become immortal?14:14 Detecting the first cell of cancer17:09 Stress causes cancer cells to fuse21:40 Cancer drugs don't work universally25:54 Personalization of early cancer detection29:29 Detect cancer early using electrics35:46 Anguish of cancer patients39:06 Cancer progress hasn't moved in 100 years44:04 Doctors don't think of cancer prevention46:54 First Cell Therapeutics - Azra's company50:55 What is the first cell stage of cancer?54:55 Advice for cancer patientsAASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD:Twitter: https://x.com/aasthajs Newsletter: https://livelongerworld.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/LINKS:Michael Levin: https://twitter.com/drmichaellevinAzra Raza: https://azraraza.com/Azra Raza book The First Cell: https://amzn.to/4jGJzoJEpisode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/arazaRELATED EPISODES:Keto & Metabolic Therapy for Cancer | Dr. Thomas Seyfried: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tYdjcJ3G4tqbAx9Z6Bix2?si=gboyPAiLQrqg-y5YEKQiQQWhy Viruses Could Be the Cause of Chronic Disease | Dr. Paul Ewald: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OdYInlzTy2zG3Mi6TgADY?si=Gnbg7efNSy21bS3q0c23jg

Early cancer detection can save lives, yet traditional treatments often focus on late-stage disease. This episode explores the critical need for a shift in approach—studying human cells directly, improving model systems, and building a comprehensive tissue repository to better understand cancer at its earliest stages. Dr. Azra Raza shares insights on key differences in cancer progression between children and adults, along with the ethical and practical challenges of early intervention.

Join Dr. Sanjay Juneja and Columbia University professor Dr. Azra Raza in an in-depth discussion about the transformative potential of AI and technology in early cancer detection. Dr. Raza shares her insights on how continuous monitoring and innovative technologies could find cancer at the 'first cell stage,' long before traditional methods. Learn about her journey from pediatric oncology to establishing one of the richest tissue repositories, and discover how AI-powered implantable devices could revolutionize the future of healthcare. This episode sheds light on the untapped possibilities in proactive cancer care and the critical shift needed to focus on early detection.

In this conversation, Dr. Azra Raza discusses the urgent need for revolutionizing cancer detection methods, emphasizing the importance of early detection in improving treatment outcomes. She highlights the challenges faced in cancer research, including the financial burdens on patients and the lack of public awareness regarding the realities of cancer treatment. Dr. Raza also introduces […]

In today's episode, you'll get to explore the world of early cancer detection with Dr. Azra Raza, a pioneering oncologist and professor of medicine. We discuss the anxiety-inducing issues surrounding current cancer screening methods like mammograms and colonoscopies and examine advanced alternatives such as GRAIL and Cologuard. Dr. Raza also shares her groundbreaking work in detecting "The First Cell" and explores the potential of biomarkers and wearable devices for early detection (check out her fascinating book on this topic for more invaluable information!). In a deeply personal segment, Dr. Raza opens up about her late husband's battle with leukemia and how it shaped her understanding of cancer. We'll also discuss the flaws in the current cancer research model, the financial struggles for innovative scientists, and the urgent need for better funding to accelerate progress. Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of The Edward P. Evans Foundation MDS Center at Columbia University in New York. A practicing oncologist seeing 30–40 cancer patients weekly, she directs a basic cancer research lab with hundreds of original publications in high-profile journals. Her life is dedicated to the prevention of all chronic diseases, including cancer, by early detection. She worked with President Clinton, designing breakthrough developments in science and technology, and with President Joe Biden for the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Her latest book is a national bestseller and has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Raza is now involved in First Cell Therapeutics, developing a specific antibody to target and remove the tumor macrophage hybrid cells that act as The First Cell giving rise to cancer.  Full show notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/firstcell Episode Sponsors: Aires Tech: Aires Tech is offering you a 30% discount at airestech.com/ben by using code BEN30. Wild Health: Get 20% off with code BEN at wildhealth.com/ben. FUM: Head to tryfum.com/BEN and use code BEN to get a free gift with your Journey Pack! Vivobarefoot: You can purchase yours today with an exclusive 20% discount by going to vivobarefoot.com/bengreenfield and using code BENG20. MOSH: Head to moshlife.com/BEN to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on either the Best Sellers Trial Pack or the new Plant-Based Trial Pack.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us for a hugely inspiring conversation with Dr. Azra Raza, the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of The Edward P. Evans Foundation MDS Center at Columbia University in New York. As a practicing oncologist, Dr. Raza sees 30-40 cancer patients weekly and leads a cutting-edge cancer research lab with numerous original publications in high-profile journals. With a career dedicated to the early detection and prevention of chronic diseases, including cancer, Dr. Raza has collaborated with President Clinton on Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology and President Joe Biden on the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Her latest book, THE FIRST CELL: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, is a national bestseller and has been trans-lated into nine languages. This interview will delve into Dr. Raza's groundbreaking work, her passion for transforming cancer treatment, and her vision for early chronic disease detection. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the leading voices in oncology today and be inspired to step up and contribute to a better world through your work.

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   

Why are we so far away from finding a cure for different types of cancer? Do tests run on mice have any relevance to the efficacy on people? Is the medical community getting it all wrong and where has cancer treatment failed the patient?My guest today is Dr. Azra Raza, the Chan Soon Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of the Edward P. Evans Foundation MDS Center at Columbia University in New York.  She is a practicing oncologist, seeing 30-40 cancer patients weekly, and has dedicated her life to the prevention of all chronic diseases, including cancer, through early detection. Her latest book, "THE FIRST CELL: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last" is a national bestseller and has been translated into nine languages. In this episode, she speaks to some of the inefficiencies the medical community creates in the treatment and fight against cancer, the human cost of cancer treatment and even dives into the connection between medicine and poetry.  This was an incredibly fun, informative, and intense discussion and I know you're going to enjoy it and learn a lot.Follow Dr. Bob Hariri on his platforms here:Web: www.pilotinghealth.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbobhariri/X: https://twitter.com/DrBobHaririTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pilotinghealthLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbobhariri/

Few adults on the planet have not been touched, either directly or indirectly, by cancer. It's one of the things many people see as an inevitable part of life that they hope and pray does not visit directly onto their own life.   But what about the oncologists who work with cancer patients every day? Dr. Azra Raza is a cancer specialist who has dedicated her life to pioneering the understanding of cancer and, most importantly, its earliest detection. Despite the weight of her work, Dr. Raza has never lost sight of her clear intention: to cure cancer. She immigrated to the U.S. from Karachi, Pakistan, and has since been featured in high-profile outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Smithsonian, and more. She was even invited to the dining room of President Joe Biden's home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., with a handful of other cancer specialists to offer their perspectives on the current cancer landscape, which contributed to shaping what is now known as the "Cancer Moonshot." Dr. Raza's latest bestselling book, "THE FIRST CELL," is a searing account of how medicine and our society (mis)treat cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. Her life is devoted to early detection and prevention of cancer. Imagine the grief of being an oncologist, working with people 70% of whom you will walk to their death. Dr. Raza has not only watched people die but has also discovered that the love of her life, another oncologist, was diagnosed with untreatable cancer, and she had to walk them through to the end. This would make most of us want to crawl into a hole and never return, but not Dr. Raza. She is a true inspiration to us all and a reminder that one person can make a difference in the fight against cancer. Website https://azraraza.com Azra.rasa@columbia.edu  Social Media https://twitter.com/AzraRazaMD     https://www.linkedin.com/in/azra-raza-2a34a922 Part 2: The Hope and Drive to Cure Cancer The Chronic Inflammation and Cancer Connection Patients, Not Test Rats and Mice Continually Tracking One Patience at a Time The Largest Tissue Repository in The World 60,000 stories Lying Next to a Man Dying of His Specialty Meeting Grief and Walking with It Every Day Pearls or Tears, which are Worth More? The Inspiring, Nobel Courage of a 22-Year-Old Life's Yearning to Know Itself Why Some Doctors Become A-holes The Importance of Skeptical Science A Lesson in Compassion from an Eight-Year-Old When Cancer Comes Back Bankrupt by The Second Year of Diagnosis Treating Problems Rather Than Symptoms Consciousness, Cancer, and Quantum Fields.   Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is separated into eight sections that will take you by the hand and walk you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into, What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging    "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #videopodcast #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose

Dr Azra Raza: The First Cell, Unravelling The Mystery of Cancer. Few adults on the planet have not been touched, either directly or indirectly, by cancer. Cancer is one of the things many people see as an inevitable part of life that they hope and pray does not visit directly onto their own life.  Imagine for a moment the grief of being an oncologist (a cancer specialist) and the weight that would put on your life. Every day, you work with people, 70% of whom you will walk to their death. Would that make you want to quit and find a new field? Now imagine that you are not only watching as these people die but that you discover that the love of your life, another oncologist, is diagnosed with untreatable cancer, and you must walk them through to the end.  For most of us, that would make us want to crawl into a hole and never return. Well, not for our guest, Dr. Azra Raza. Instead, she is pioneering the understanding of cancer and, most importantly, its earliest detection.  Dr. Raza immigrated to the U.S. with a clear intention: to cure cancer. She has traveled a long way from where she grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, to the dining room of President Joe Biden  home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Dr. Raza was invited with a handful of other cancer specialists to offer their perspectives on the current cancer landscape, which contributed to shaping what is now known as the "Cancer Moonshot" She has been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Smithsonian, and numerous other high-profile outlets.    Dr. Raza's latest bestselling book, "THE FIRST CELL" is a searing account of how medicine and our society (mis) treat cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. Her life is devoted to early detection and prevention of cancer. Website https://azraraza.com Azra.rasa@columbia.edu  Social Media https://twitter.com/AzraRazaMD     https://www.linkedin.com/in/azra-raza-2a34a922 Part 1: The Alien Within Refusing To Allow Any Cancer Patients to Die Twice Roll Up Your Sleeve Research: 40-60 Patients a Week Bidirectional Translational Research Cancer: The Alien Within What Are the Two Common Properties of 200 Different Cancers?   Lessons from Cancer in Immortality A Trillion Dollars on Cancer Research, What Have We Discovered? Why 70% Cancer's Are Cured...Is Terrible news Beating The Dog to Death to Cure Flees Attacking Your Field of Expertise The Wrong Measurement of Success? Too Old and Too Young to Change the Model Confronting "Sunk Cost Bias" A Hundred Million Cells at Stage 1 The Anti-Climax of Human Genome Sequencing In Search of The First Cell Cancer and The Aging Connection Cancer on Walk-about Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is separated into eight sections that will take you by the hand and walk you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into, What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging    "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #videopodcast #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose

According to the NIH, there has been a seventy-percent decline annually in the death rate from cardiovascular disease in the last fifty years and a one percent decline annually in the death rate from cancer over the last fifty years. How can this be when we keep hearing about great new drug discoveries and immunotherapy advances? And if true, isn't there another way to approach the nightmare that is cancer?  This week on Just the Right Book, a rerun from Dr. Azra Raza who join Roxanne Coady to discuss her latest book. Buy the book from RJ Julia The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last - Dr. Azra Raza Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we discuss the art of caring for terminally ill patients with Dr. Azra Raza. We also discuss her book titled "The First Cell", where she recounts numerous poignant stories of her patients with terminal cancer, and teaches us how to find hope amidst despair. Link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/First-Cell-Human-Pursuing-Cancer/dp/1541699521

Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, a clinician, and a researcher specializing in Myelodisplastic Syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), two devastating blood cancers. She discusses what we know about why patients get MDS and AML; why we know so little about so many forms of cancer despite many decades of research; and how her new startup is part of her effort to find the so-called first cell, which would allow us to catch and potentially treat cancer at a much earlier stage. She also shares what led her to a career in medicine and what advice she would give to students interested in following a similar path.

Have you ever heard that “Art is I and science is we”? This is a great sentence to introduce our new episode in which we cover the topics of: Proactive cancer treatment Using mice models in cancer researchThe First Cell Center How big of an impact cancer can leave on a family, and so much more.  We're excited to introduce our guest Dr Azra Raza, who is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the MDS Center at Colombia University in New York. She is an accomplished scientist who supervises a state-of-the-art basic research lab and a Tissue Repository of blood and marrow samples collected since 1984.You can find our guest, Dr Azra Raza, via the links below -Website - https://azraraza.com/Twitter - @AzraRazaMD Articles Who wants to live forever? | The Express Tribune - https://tribune.com.pk/story/2337875/who-wants-to-live-foreverCancer Is Still Beating Us—We Need a New Start - https://www.wsj.com/articles/cancer-is-still-beating-uswe-need-a-new-start-11570206319 As always, if you have any questions, you can leave them as comments on our social media that are listed below. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glycanage/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glycanageTikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZML2AJVkQ/Twitter: https://twitter.com/glycanageLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glyc…Find out more information about GlycanAge on our website: https://glycanage.com Please be advised that this video is for information only and should not be considered as a replacement or equal to medical advice. 

General Buy Matt and Alina Chan's book ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19': https://www.amazon.com/Viral-Search-COVID-19-Matt-Ridley/dp/006313912X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GSU5N0P40R26&keywords=matt+ridley&qid=1648046232&sprefix=matt+ridley%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-1 Matt's website, where you can find out more about him and his other books and work: https://www.mattridley.co.uk/ Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattwridley References Some of Michael Worobey's work on the origins of Covid-19: https://twitter.com/MichaelWorobey/status/1497607313397481472?s=20&t=_ov6duwWi7DQZDRa5t9q4A Two for Tea episode with Azra Raza on fighting cancer: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/64-azra-raza-a-better-way-to-fight-cancer Two for Tea episode with Brian D. Earp on circumcision: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/13-brian-earp Iona's Areo article on circumcision: https://areomagazine.com/2019/09/24/a-wrong-against-boys-an-impossible-conversation-about-circumcision/ Timestamps 00.00 Opening and introduction: the debate over the origins of Covid-19, the reception of and controversy over ‘Viral', and why the origins debate matters for everyone. 8:40 Will the origins debate ever be settled? 18:58 What we know for certain plus some possible scenarios of how Covid-19 spread. Matt explains why the ‘lab-leak' hypothesis is plausible. 25:28 Objections to the lab-leak hypothesis and Matt's responses. 42:30 Here be technical scientific stuff: the cutting edge of knowledge in molecular biology—how furin cleavage sites work. Plus: the duties of writing about science. 49:25 More objections to the lab-leak hypothesis and Matt's responses. 1:11:50 The benefits and risks of gain-of-function research. Plus: circumcision and the problems with the World Health Organization. 1:21:32 Does ‘Viral' underestimate the dangers of zoonotic transmission of diseases? Plus: the deforestation/ecological argument about Covid's origins. 1:24:31 Developments since the publication of ‘Viral' and the plans for the paperback. 1:27:50 Last words and outro.

December 21, 2021, is the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon declaring that cancer was going to be ended by 1976. Many media outlets are celebrating progress when, in fact, the progress isn't all that impressive. Azra Raza, Columbia university oncologist, speaks candidly about her entry into the cancer field at age 24, the years that have passed, and incredibly promising research that has now commenced from the 60,000 tissue samples that she has collected from her patients across 30 years of practice. Here she describes her quest to catch the first cancer cell red-handed as it is forming. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest on "dhaani" is Dr. Azra Raza  - Describing her groundbreaking ideas in the highly acclaimed bestselling book, THE FIRST CELL: And the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last, She is bent upon shifting the treatment focus from trying to kill every last cancer cell to find the first and preventing cancer from developing altogether. Dr. Azra established cash awards at her alma-mater FG College, Islamabad, 20 years ago for the topmost students in Science, Urdu and Humanities. Dr. Azra started Urdu Mehfil in 1987 carefully reading Divan e Ghalib with the help of eleven sharahs over twenty years, and hosting writers, musicians, poets, politicians, and artists at home. The owner of ~10,000 books in Urdu and English, she co-authored GHALIB: Epistemologies of Elegance with Sara Suleri Goodyear. She jogs 3-5 km every day committing thousands of poetry verses to memory while running. In this podcast we talk about : - Grief - Urdu Language & Pakistani dramas - The Story of Shireen & Farhad - Goal & Purpose - Poetry by Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir & Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Guest: Azra Raza, MD Guest: Rami Komrokji, MD Listen to hematologist-oncologists Drs. Rami Komrokji and Azra Raza discuss myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Together, they explain the classification system for diagnosing this rare blood disorder and touch upon current events in the space and the impact on patients living with MDS. © TAIHO ONCOLOGY 11/2021 INQ-PM-US-0384

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Azra Raza is Professor of Medicine and the Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University. Her research focus has been the identification of the presence of cancer as early as possible and to prevent it from developing into its end-stage monstrosity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/message

Today, let's take a closer look at cancer and learn more about this disease from someone who has devoted her life to studying cancer. In this episode of the Outcomes Rocket, we have the privilege of hosting the outstanding Dr. Azra Raza, the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University. She is also the author of the book “The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last”. Dr. Raza discusses the footprints of cancer and cancer-related statistics. She talks about her book The First Cell and how it advocates for the earliest possible detection and elimination of cancer at the first stage, first cell level. She calls out for a more holistic approach to cancer and emphasizes the need for better and advanced cancer treatment. Dr. Raza also shares her thoughts on reactive medicine, setbacks, changing paradigm, bringing the patient front and center into every conversation about cancer, and more! There are so many things to learn from this amazing interview with Dr. Raza so please tune in! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health

Welcome to a special edition of the show – Episode #303 featuring a panel of three past guests returning on the topic of Chance Meetings. My three guests here are Professor Bill Sullivan of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Azra Raza of Columbia University, and Professor Dan Cable of London Business School. The … Continue reading "303: Azra Raza, Bill Sullivan & Dan Cable | Chance Meetings" The post 303: Azra Raza, Bill Sullivan & Dan Cable | Chance Meetings appeared first on The Armen Show.

Today if you’re diagnosed with Stage 3 or Stage 4 cancer, your chances of surviving are no better than if you lived in 1930. But your chances are 100 times better when catch it early.What if you could catch cancer SUPER early - years before any obvious indication of a problem?And what if you could then solve the problem at its roots so it never recurs at all?Azra Raza is an oncologist at Colombia University and author of The First Cell: The Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last. Here she describes the First Cell Project. This is a collaboration with world class cancer researchers who have discovered how to identify “Giant Cells” that PREDATE and predict the generation of tumors YEARS in advance.You’ll be privy to the incredibly moving story of Andrew, her daughter’s best friend who died of brain cancer at age 24… and the systemic problems that continue to plague the cancer field and repeat the tragedy of Andrew. Here we discuss why only outsiders will solve these problems.WEBSITE LINKS: www.azraraza.com www.firstcellcenter.comBe sure and watch my previous interview with Azra Raza at www.evo2.org/azra - it’s a barn burner and provides important background that gives rich context to this new discussion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we approach the end of 2020, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), we have had approximately 1,806,590 new cases of cancer diagnosed in the United States, with 606,520 deaths. Cancer continues to be the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2018, there were 18.1 million new cases and 9.5 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. By 2040, the number of new cancer cases per year is expected to rise to 29.5 million and the number of cancer-related deaths to 16.4 million. Dr. Azra Raza, MD, is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology / Oncology, and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center, at the Columbia University Medical Center. Previously, Dr. Raza was the Chief of Hematology-Oncology and the Gladys Smith Martin Professor of Oncology at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Raza is an international authority on pre-leukemia / MDS, and acute leukemia, and is both a physician and scientist who divides her time equally between caring for patients and supervising a state-of-the-art basic research lab which is well-funded by multiple large grants. Dr. Raza started collecting blood and marrow samples on her patients in 1984 and now her Tissue Bank, the largest and oldest in the country with over 60,000 samples, is considered a unique national treasure. Dr. Raza has published her original clinical and basic research comprising over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high profile journals like Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, Molecular Cell, Cancer Research, Blood, Leukemia. She has published over 1,000 abstracts, dozens of book chapters and edited a book devoted to MDS, entitled "Myelodysplastic Syndromes & Secondary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Directions for the New Millennium". Dr. Raza is the recipient of numerous awards including The Hope Award in Cancer Research 2012 (shared with the Nobel Laureate Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn). She was named as one of the 100 Women Who Matter by Newsweek Pakistan. Dr. Raza is a member of the Founder Group designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology with President Bill Clinton, and was involved with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Dr. Raza is the author of the recently published book "The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last". In addition to her scientific accomplishments, Dr. Raza is a dedicated reader of Urdu literature, and co-authored a book on the poems of the 19th century Indian poet Ghalib, entitled "Ghalib: Epistemologies of Elegance". 

Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University. She is considered an authority on pre-leukemia and acute leukemia. Dr.Raza has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts in famous journals ranging from Nature to the New England Journal of Medicine. She is the co-editor of the widely acclaimed website called 3quarksdaily, which I highly recommend. She is a recipient of numerous awards, including The Hope Award in Cancer Research. Dr.Raza is a member of the Founder Group, which is looking for a breakthrough in science alongside President Bill Clinton. She also met with the then-Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative. She also has a Ted Talk called “Why Curing Cancer is So Hard”. Most recently she is the author of the beautifully written book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last. Books recommended by Dr.Azra Raza: 1. Between the Kingdoms – Suleika Jaouad 2. History of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes 3. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes 4. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky 5. Moby Dick - Herman Melville 6. Beloved - Toni Morrison 7. Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf 8. Confessions - Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9. Confessions - Saint Augustine About The Inquiring Mind Podcast: I created The Inquiring Mind Podcast in order to foster free speech, learn from some of the top experts in various fields, and create a platform for respectful conversation.

There are some who will tell you that we're making great strides in fighting cancer with more of the same approaches we've been trying for the last four decades. Dr. Azra Raza is not one of those experts. An oncologist and the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia … Continue reading EP 342 How To Lose the War on Cancer: Keep Doing What We're Doing

Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Center at Columbia University in New York, a practicing oncologist, and author of The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last. She joins the show to discuss several incredibly important topics, including the following: Why there is a significant problem with the use of mice as models for cancer research and what needs to be done in order to really understand the earliest footprints of cancer in humans   How Dr. Raza is trying to overcome the financial barriers to the research necessary for cancer prevention and early detection Why a complete paradigm shift is needed within the cancer industry “Today…we are curing 68% of the cancers, and that's great, but what are we curing them with? Slash, poison, burn: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation…the same treatments we were using…with a few rare exceptions…it is shocking that in this day and age of such advanced technology we are using such paleolithic caveman treatments...” says Dr. Raza, who has devoted over 30 years of her life to the early detection and prevention of cancer while working firsthand with countless cancer patients. She continues by explaining that these treatments (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation) were initially given as stop-gap measures, and despite the efforts of thousands of scientists over the course of the last several decades, a more successful treatment has not been developed. Why? According to Dr. Raza, a big part of the answer has to do with the fact that cancer is heterogeneous; it's a moving target that's continually evolving and picking up new mutations. So, what's the solution? In Dr. Raza's view, the solution is early detection and prevention of the development of cancer, rather than attempts to treat it once it's already advanced, and she emphasizes the need to use every available resource to this end, including genomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics. She explains the financial burden of pursuing this research pathway, how she's trying to overcome it, and so much more. “On a daily basis I am seeing patients, and it is their stories that are the motivation for me…I am looking at everything through the prism of human anguish…to separate human suffering and pain from the need to find the answers is criminal, because the motivation has to be…to reduce human suffering.” Tune in to hear the full conversation, and visit https://azraraza.com/ to learn more about Dr. Raza's mission.

We are honored to have Dr. Azra Raza on the show. She is a sought after speaker in scientific circles and the recipient of numerous awards including The Hope Award in Cancer Research 2012 and named as one of the 100 Women Who Matter by Newsweek Pakistan. She is a member of the Founder Group designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology with President Bill Clinton and met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative in 2015. She is the author of The First Cell: And the human costs of pursuing cancer's last published by Basic Books, October 2019. Dr. Raza believes that the best way to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world” is by promoting and publicizing the achievements of humanity in science, art, and literature. She was married to the late Harvey D. Preisler, Director, Rush University Cancer Center in Chicago and has a daughter Sheherzad Raza Preisler who also lives in New York.

We are honored to have Dr. Azra Raza on the show. She is a sought after speaker in scientific circles and the recipient of numerous awards including The Hope Award in Cancer Research 2012 and named as one of the 100 Women Who Matter by Newsweek Pakistan. She is a member of the Founder Group designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology with President Bill Clinton and met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative in 2015. She is the author of The First Cell: And the human costs of pursuing cancer's last published by Basic Books, October 2019. Dr. Raza believes that the best way to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world” is by promoting and publicizing the achievements of humanity in science, art, and literature. She was married to the late Harvey D. Preisler, Director, Rush University Cancer Center in Chicago and has a daughter Sheherzad Raza Preisler who also lives in New York.

We are honored to have Dr. Azra Raza on the show. She is a sought after speaker in scientific circles and the recipient of numerous awards including The Hope Award in Cancer Research 2012 and named as one of the 100 Women Who Matter by Newsweek Pakistan. She is a member of the Founder Group designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology with President Bill Clinton and met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative in 2015. She is the author of The First Cell: And the human costs of pursuing cancer's last published by Basic Books, October 2019. Dr. Raza believes that the best way to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world” is by promoting and publicizing the achievements of humanity in science, art, and literature. She was married to the late Harvey D. Preisler, Director, Rush University Cancer Center in Chicago and has a daughter Sheherzad Raza Preisler who also lives in New York.

When it comes to cancer treatment, Dr. Azra Raza of the MDS Center at Columbia University has been working with patients for decades. She is an expert on myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), which are disorders caused by poorly formed or otherwise nonfunctional blood cells, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which affects 1/3 of MDS patients. This … Continue reading "249: Azra Raza | Myelodysplastic Syndromes And Current Oncology In “The First Cell”" The post 249: Azra Raza | Myelodysplastic Syndromes And Current Oncology In “The First Cell” appeared first on The Armen Show.

Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York. She is the author of The First Cell: And the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last published by Basic Books, October 2019. The post Dr. Azra Raza, The Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last appeared first on KPFA.

Listen NowDr. Azra Raza's recently published book, The First Cell and the Human Costs of Pursing Cancer to the Last, has been described as a "searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treat cancer, how we can do better, and why we must."  It has been termed "a clarion call . . . [that] repudiates the approach . . . that biomedical science has taken to attempt to find new treatments and curers."  The lack of progress in treating cancer is "an embarrassment" and "equally embarrassing is the arrogant denial of that embarrassment."  We spend over $150 billion annually on treating cancer and a patient diagnosed today is as likely to die from the diagnosis as a patient diagnosed 50 years ago.   During this 35 minute conversation Dr Raza begins by discussing what causes cancer (we do not know or know completely).  She moreover discusses the urgent need for a new cancer research paradigm, i.e., the current use of tissue culture cell lines and mouse models have proven to be inadequate.  She also argues cancer researchers need to spend less time chasing the last cancer cell and instead ID the first cancer cell, i.e., we should place greater emphasis on early detection.  She explains her criticisms of the pharmaceutical industry and the federal government funding in researching effective cancer treatments.  Dr Raza also explains her relationship with her patients, her belief treating oncologists need to develop empathic relationships with their patients and she notes her view regarding palliative sedation. Dr. Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York.  She started her research in Myelodisplastic Syndromes (MDS) in 1982 and moved to Rush University, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, where she was the Charles Arthur Weaver Professor in Oncology and Director, Division of Myeloid Diseases.  The MDS Program, along with a Tissue Repository containing more than 50,000 samples from MDS and acute leukemia patients was successfully relocated to the University of Massachusetts in 2004 and to Columbia University in 2010.  Before moving to New York, Dr. Raza was the Chief of Hematology Oncology and the Gladys Smith Martin Professor of Oncology at the University of Massachussetts in Worcester.  She has published the results of her research and clinical trials in numerous, peer reviewed journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Blood, Cancer, Cancer Research, British Journal of Hematology, Leukemia, and Leukemia Research. Dr. Raza serves on numerous national and international panels as a reviewer, consultant and adviser and is the recipient of a numerous of awards including the First Lifetime Achievement Award from APPNA, Award in Academic Excellence twice (2007 and 2010) from Dogana and The Hope Award in Cancer Research. For more on The First Cell go to: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/azra-raza/the-first-cell/9781541699526/. Dr Raza's related 2006 3 Quarks Daily post, "Rx: Reductionist Vs.. Pluralist Views of Cancer," is at: https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2006/01/rx.html.Per my mention of Thomas Kuhn's seminal, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the Wiki overview is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

A gratifying and soul searching conversation with Dr. Azra Raza - i was fully immersed in her words that were carefully articulated either with scientific terms or lyrical poetry. Her own life balanced with medical catastrophes and poetic  subtleties. We spoke about her curiosity of existence to her memorizing poems since a young age. She explained to us the different stages of a cancer cell, the different stages of the human heart. Widely peppered with  her favorite verses and couplets, it is a treat to listen to her wisdom, her openness about the failure of cancer treatment, her hope of future treatment and her commitment to serve. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York, NY. She maintains a busy clinical practice seeing 30-40 patients with MDS and acute myeloid leukemia weekly. In addition, Dr. Raza heads a well-funded, cutting-edge research lab. She is the recipient of multiple awards including The Hope Award in Cancer Research 2012 (shared with the Nobel Laureate Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn). In 2015, she was a member of the Founder Group at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, designing Breakthrough Developments in Science and Technology with President Bill Clinton. On December 1, 2015, Dr. Raza was part of a core group of cancer researchers who met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Dr. Raza's research has been published continuously over the last three decades in high profile journals and her book, THE FIRST CELL: And the human costs of pursuing cancer's last will be published by Basic Books on October 15, 2019. Dr. Azra Raza's Social Media Presence https://azraraza.com/ Give this a listen, and please leave us with a suggestion, rating or review You can subscribe to our podcast on: Apple Podcast Stitcher Anchor Fm Google Spotify