title: Cancer: defeating the immortal.
abstract: My first reaction when I was invited to contribute an article for the section "Profiles and Legacies" of Cancer Biology & Therapy was a shock. Am I that old, at the age of 46 years, that I should write my own obituary? But then I realized that I would have the opportunity to share some of my intimate convictions, dilemmas and doubts. So instead of an auto-apotheosis, this piece will simply translate what I could tell a friend during an after-dinner conversation, knowing that the plans for the future (optimistically) outnumber the experiences in the past.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U898, Villejuif, France, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Université Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France. kroemer@igr.fr
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kroemer
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy