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Dr. Salem has been recognized for his contributions to medicine all over the world.

Courage and perseverance, not only on the side of the patient but more importantly on the side of the doctor. Many cancer patients die because their doctors give up on them very early. Those doctors do not have the courage and perseverance necessary to go forward.

This is all about knowledge, but the secret that many people, patients and doctors may not know is that knowledge alone is not enough. To cure the cancer patient a lot more than knowledge is needed. The four most important things you need are: love, hope, courage and perseverance.

What do I know about this international icon that the world didn’t? What was real and what was mythical? There is indeed a myth that surrounds every great man, and almost always the myth is larger than the real man, but with Michael DeBakey, the reverse was true.

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Istanbul, Turkey - July 2004 AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP A. SALEM, M.D. Director, Cancer Research Program St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Texas, Houston Question: What are the latest developments, the latest research as far as cancer is concerned, and what are the latest treatment methods? Answer: While progress is steadily being made, it is certainly not fast enough. I wish we could have a drug tomorrow that would ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA February 25, 2006 I would like to start by thanking the president of the American Lebanese Medical Association, Dr. Paul Wakim, the organizing committee of this convention, and the board of the association, for bestowing upon me tonight this great honor. I am not sure that I deserve it, but I happily accept it, and I will certainly work hard to earn it. What is dear to my heart in this honor is the fact that it comes from people who are the descendants of a sacred ...

Interview with Sabah Newspaper Istanbul, Turkey – July 2004 Director, Cancer Research Program St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Texas, Houston

Delivered March 30, 1996, in Philadelphia The ADC Dinner Banquet

There was great joy in research, and in the discovery of new knowledge. A greater joy is translating this new knowledge to better treatment of human diseases and reducing human suffering and pain. The excitement in research has been central to my personal life.

Grant for Cancer Research

March 24, 2006 Plaza Hotel, Rome I would like to begin by thanking my friend, Mario Baccini and Foedus for the great honor they have just bestowed upon me. I am not sure I deserve it, but I certainly accept it with great joy and I promise to work hard to earn it. This is a moment of joy and I shall cherish it for the rest of my life. Tonight, I am accompanied by my wife, Wedad, who has been my only wife for the last 33 years, and one of my secret achievements is the fact that she has ...