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Rasha Aboelhassan: Even if we did not win today, the next generation will.

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Sep 27, 2023, 17:12

Rasha Aboelhassan: Even if we did not win today, the next generation will.

Rasha Aboelhassan, Senior Oncology Consultant at Nasser Institute Hospital, shared a post by

“The world cancer research day.
I work in cancer research,
because?

For the first thought about this question, I may say that the main reason is that: I like to find new chances of treatment for cancer patients every day which improves their survival and quality of life.

Although that this first thought is totally true,
But the second reason is that cancer treatment is the most challenging treatment in medicine and I love challenging.

when I give more deeper thinking about this question:

why do I love cancer research?

why do I love to work in cancer research and investigate new cancer therapy everyday?

I realise that I enjoy working against cancer it self,

Cancer is not a usual enemy, it do challenge itself every single day,

It gives resistance to each single weapon we discovered through the last decades.

Me as investigator, always love to go through cancer challenging and discover cancer new plans and weapons, uncover them, then fight and break cancer again.

I know that it’s a challenge
I know that I may get disappointed many times
but it’s not about who when the fight?

It’s about the journey, we as researchers like our journey of challenging, even if we did not win today, the next generation will.
we always win.”

Quoting

“Having a community of cancer researchers from diverse backgrounds and at all levels of expertise strengthens cancer research and its translation to patient care.
What does being a cancer researcher mean to you?”

Source: Rasha Aboelhassan/LinkedIn and National Cancer Institute (NCI)/LinkedIn