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October 1, 2025 35 mins

Few adults on the planet have not been touched, either directly or indirectly, by cancer. It's one of the things many people see as an inevitable part of life that they hope and pray does not visit directly onto their own life.

 
But what about the oncologists who work with cancer patients every day?
Dr. Azra Raza is a cancer specialist who has dedicated her life to pioneering the understanding of cancer and, most importantly, its earliest detection.

Despite the weight of her work, Dr. Raza has never lost sight of her clear intention: to cure cancer.
She immigrated to the U.S. from Karachi, Pakistan, and has since been featured in high-profile outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Smithsonian, and more.

She was even invited to the dining room of President Joe Biden's home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., with a handful of other cancer specialists to offer their perspectives on the current cancer landscape, which contributed to shaping what is now known as the "Cancer Moonshot."

Dr. Raza's latest bestselling book, "THE FIRST CELL," is a searing account of how medicine and our society (mis)treat cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. Her life is devoted to early detection and prevention of cancer. Imagine the grief of being an oncologist, working with people 70% of whom you will walk to their death.

Dr. Raza has not only watched people die but has also discovered that the love of her life, another oncologist, was diagnosed with untreatable cancer, and she had to walk them through to the end. This would make most of us want to crawl into a hole and never return, but not Dr. Raza. She is a true inspiration to us all and a reminder that one person can make a difference in the fight against cancer.

Website
https://azraraza.com
Azra.rasa@columbia.edu 
Social Media
https://twitter.com/AzraRazaMD    
https://www.linkedin.com/in/azra-raza-2a34a922

Part 2: The Hope and Drive to Cure Cancer

  • The Chronic Inflammation and Cancer Connection
  • Patients, Not Test Rats and Mice
  • Continually Tracking One Patience at a Time
  • The Largest Tissue Repository in The World
  • 60,000 stories
  • Lying Next to a Man Dying of His Specialty
  • Meeting Grief and Walking with It Every Day
  • Pearls or Tears, which are Worth More?
  • The Inspiring, Nobel Courage of a 22-Year-Old
  • Life's Yearning to Know Itself
  • Why Some Doctors Become A-holes
  • The Importance of Skeptical Science
  • A Lesson in Compassion from an Eight-Year-Old
  • When Cancer Comes Back
  • Bankrupt by The Second Year of Diagnosis
  • Treating Problems Rather Than Symptoms
  • Consciousness, Cancer, and Quantum Fields.

 

Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging

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The course is separated into eight sections that will take you by the hand and walk you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging.

Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS.

Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into, What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization!

Curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging

 

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