It may take 20 or 30 years for normal cells to mutate into cancer cells. It may take several more years before these cancer cells divide and can be discovered. This is the period that is most important for cancer prevention. "Everyone has cancer cells in their body, so our goal must be to postpone the point at which cancer cells grow into tumors," he says.
「預防比早期發現更重要」，賴基銘指出，從正常細胞轉變為癌細胞可能歷經二、三十年，癌細胞的分裂到可以被發現也要好幾年，這是癌症防治應該好好把握的時機，「每個人體內都有癌細胞，延緩癌細胞成長成腫瘤是我們的目標」，他說。