Cancer research is driven by the need for improving the lives of patients with cancer. A cancer scientist’s attention can be absorbed by the daily challenges of experimental research, running a lab and securing funding. Hearing about the patient’s experience can serve as a powerful reminder of the reason and urgency for doing this work — and the experience of being a patient can change a scientist’s approach to cancer research on a broader scale. In this Comment, the author, a cancer researcher and breast cancer survivor, discusses her experience as a patient with cancer and how it influenced her approach to research.

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当癌症研究人员成为患者时。

癌症研究是由改善癌症患者生活的需要推动的。癌症科学家的注意力可以被日常的实验研究、实验室运营和获得资金的挑战所吸引。听到病人的经历可以有力地提醒人们做这项工作的原因和紧迫性——作为病人的经历可以改变科学家在更广泛的范围内进行癌症研究的方法。在这篇评论中，作者，一位癌症研究人员和乳腺癌幸存者，讨论了她作为癌症患者的经历以及它如何影响她的研究方法。