Power of Ideas
"Work together to adopt innovations across all stages of cancer—striving for extending life in advanced cancer to early cancer detection when it can most easily be treated."
— Craig Eagle, Chief Medical Officer, Guardant Health
To build on conversations from the 2021 Partnering for Patients Forum, this edition of Power of Ideas invites scientists, patient advocates, and health-care industry leaders to share their thoughts on what partnering for patients means to them.
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