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1925–2016 Italy
Umberto Veronesi (28 November 1925 – 8 November 2016) was an Italian oncologist and politician, internationally known for his contributions on prevention and treatment of breast cancer throughout a career spanning over fifty years.
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I have become convinced that every religion expresses the need for a certain population at that historical moment.
The very principle of the hospital must not revolve around the needs of the doctor but those of the patient.
The commitment of a medical class more sensitive to human aspects is necessary, which must care not only about the body, but also about the mind. The mind is the place where medicine is perceived.
Homosexual love is the purest love, unlike heterosexual love, which is instrumental to reproduction.
If you are a good conformist and respect the rules, no ideas come.
After Auschwitz, cancer is proof that God does not exist.
Eliminating animal fats is always a lifesaver.
In illness, pain for its own sake should never be accepted and should be countered by any means. Illness must increase, not decrease, respect for the individual's freedom, self-determination, and personality.
Smoking is more deadly than alcohol and drugs: 50,000 deaths from lung cancer each year. Those who start at 15 risk cancer at 45.
There is much to believe: the strength of human values that the brain has progressively developed over the millennia to achieve ethical consciousness.
I created an institute, the European Institute of Oncology, where animals are not used. If you search everywhere, search the entire institute, you won't find a place where there are laboratory animals.
I believe that big choices should be made in conditions of total awareness. Enlisting a newborn in any religion is a subtle abuse for me.
Early man, lacking knowledge to explain the phenomena around him, was naturally inclined to conceive of a higher power. Today there is no longer any need for religions.
I consider it a shame not to keep a commitment, to take an incorrect and ethically illegitimate action towards another person.
We are here only by chance, purely by chance.
Milanese people are productive, with a profound ethical vision of work, a strong sense of social justice, the transmission of well-being to future generations, and with total respect for civilization, rights, tolerance, and solidarity.
The true innovator is a big pain in the ass, he doesn't like anything and he has to change the rules, he has to change his habits, he has to redo an organization and we are often not prepared.
Moving away from religion has made me mature.
Prevention is within reach of everyone. And here are recommendations: abstain from smoking, eat less, eat mostly vegetarian foods, an active mind and body, and follow individually designed early diagnostic regimens.
The First Day Without Cancer (2013)
The risk of cancer is proportional to the amount of food you put in: more food, more risks.
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