Michael Thun Quotations

What's interesting is that even without the potential benefits of early detection and treatment, at least one-third of cancer deaths are preventable.

Women started smoking seriously 25 years ago, and the lag time for this epidemic has kicked in.

Our best estimate is that if we all ate a perfect, healthy diet, we could eliminate maybe 35 percent of cancer deaths.

I think it would be a good candidate for a warning. It's something that should be seriously considered.

We estimate that 90,000 deaths due to cancer could be prevented each year in the United States if men and women could maintain normal weight,

The question here is why is there an association between these more minor cancers and potentially more dangerous cancers?

Even though it's a small amount, it's an important milestone.

The risk of dying of breast cancer increases as BMI increases, ... The risk of dying of colon cancer increases in the overweight as well as the obese.

There was not a shred of evidence of reduced risk. The ultra light haven't been used as long as the light and it is possible that some difference in risk might emerge with longer term use of the ultra light, but this is very, very solid for the low tar.

It really comes down to whether a study is representative or valid, ... You can't get a valid answer from smokers or sick people because anyone who's ever practiced medicine knows that being sick affects weight. We want to know about weight before, not after, people get sick.

It's still a very good idea to eat a diet that's high in fresh fruits and vegetables, both for its direct benefit on heart disease and reducing adult-onset diabetes.

The benefits of short-term nicotine replacement therapy in helping smokers quit smoking far exceed any risks from nicotine replacement therapy.

The CDC seriously underestimated the risk of dying in the overweight by not adequately dealing with the bias due to smoking and disease,

If there's blame to go around, most of the blame falls on the tobacco companies,

If you have a short follow-up, you still have a problem with people who don't know they're sick, ... As the follow-up lengthens, that's less of a problem because the people who don't know that they're sick die.

Cigarette consumption is down where it was at the start of World War II. About 1 in 5 people are current smokers,

Colon cancer screening is probably one of the most underused ways to save one's life from cancer that exists.