John Cameron Quotes
30 John Cameron quotes:
"I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries."
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"In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer."
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"Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties."
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"Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized."
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"Living close to the bone has enabled me to do this. That prepared me to be a woodworker."
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"I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist."
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"I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field."
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"If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them."
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"Medical physics is an applied area of physics."
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"When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics."
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"However, one of my ambitions in 1958 when I entered the field was to establish a department of medical physics in our medical school."
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"Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society."
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"There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958."
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"I'm very frustrated that we were never able to find Zach's body."
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"I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career."
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"It is likely that we need more radiation to improve our longevity."
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"Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination."
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"My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists."
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"The growth of technology is such that it is not possible today for a nuclear physicist to switch into medical physics without training. The field is now much more technical. More training is needed to do the job."
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"I started the nuclear medicine laboratory at UW Hospitals in 1959 and trained radiology residents in the field. It was 1965 before they found a trained MD (doctor) to take over my role."
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