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Q:

I know perfectly well, yes. Well, now, the vaccine, however, will be limited to specific types of cancer. There are so many different kinds.

Lasker:

That may happen in the beginning, but I hope that eventually there will be enough different viruses associated with enough different cancers so that you'll get an anti-cancer vaccine that will prevent different types of cancer. Now, that we can't be sure of, but that's what we can hope.

Q:

Well, is it thought currently that viruses are the real cause of cancer or all forms of cancer?

Lasker:

Well, this is what we would hope because it's the easiest way to prevent it in the end -- a vaccine.

Q:

Yes, but sometimes the easy way...

Lasker:

Does not work. We'll find that out in the next four months, maybe sooner. Maybe not, though. It may take a long time to get a vaccine and a long time for people to be willing to take it, take the vaccine, because I can hear them saying that it will have terrible side effects or something. Very bad , as you can imagine.

Q:

But cancer is such a terrible disease that people I think people would welcome it.

Lasker:

It depends on how the publicity falls.





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