Professor Sam Behjati: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- head of pediatrics at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge Children's Research Institute
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“Chemotherapy is the key to curing cancer in children, and there is no alternative. At the same time, chemotherapy causes damage to normal tissues which can manifest as adverse effects in later life.”
What Professor Sam Behjati has said
“Chemotherapy is the key to curing cancer in children, and there is no alternative. Our work now reveals a plausible mechanism, DNA damage in normal tissues, through which chemotherapy in childhood may cause late adverse effects.”
head of pediatrics at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge Children's Research Institute · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Childhood Chemotherapy Leaves Lasting DNA Damage in Healthy Tissues ↗
“Chemotherapy is the key to curing cancer in children, and there is no alternative. At the same time, chemotherapy causes damage to normal tissues which can manifest as adverse effects in later life. Our work now reveals a plausible mechanism, DNA damage in normal tissues, through which chemotherapy in childhood may cause late adverse effects.”
co-senior author at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Children's Research Institute · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Research uncovers the impact of childhood chemotherapy on healthy tissues ↗
“Chemotherapy is the key to curing cancer in children, and there is no alternative. At the same time, chemotherapy causes damage to normal tissues which can manifest as adverse effects in later life. Our work now reveals a plausible mechanism, DNA damage in normal tissues, through which chemotherapy in childhood may cause late adverse effects.”
Co-senior author at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Children's Research Institute · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Platinum-based chemotherapy shown to ‘age’ a child’s healthy cells ↗
Where Professor Sam Behjati has been quoted
- Platinum chemotherapy may cause decades' worth of DNA changes in children's healthy cellsmedicalxpress.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Childhood Chemotherapy Leaves Lasting DNA Damage in Healthy Tissuesinsideprecisionmedicine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Research uncovers the impact of childhood chemotherapy on healthy tissueskcl.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Platinum-based chemotherapy shown to ‘age’ a child’s healthy cellsoncology-central.com · 29 Sept 2026
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