When Dr. Gary Gilliland walks into his South Lake Union office every day, he faces a stark reality. Cancer will kill an estimated 601,000 people in the U.S. this year – that is about 1,650 deaths a day, according to the American Cancer Society.
“It is a little bit stark,” he said. “But that is the truth.”
It’s also his motivation.
That is why just six months after Gilliland took the helm of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, he made the bold statement that the nonprofit research…
When Dr. Gary Gilliland walks into his South Lake Union office every day, he faces a stark reality. Cancer will kill an estimated 601,000 people in the U.S. this year – that is about 1,650 deaths a day, according to the American Cancer Society.
“It is a little bit stark,” he said. “But that is the truth.”
It’s also his motivation.
That is why just six months after Gilliland took the helm of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, he made the bold statement that the nonprofit research…