The Cancer Epidemic as a Social Event

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"Critics of the war on cancer argue that it has largely been a failure. The widespread belief that
we are making progress against cancer is an illusion. The vaunted increases in five year survival
rates are misleading according to the critics because they now count things that are not
cancer and because they are able to diagnose real cancer at an earlier stage, people appear to
survive longer."

"We can win the war against cancer. The best available research is necessary, but not sufficient,
for our victory. Cancer research is designed and undertaken, and the results published and acted
upon, in a deeply political context. The social, political and economic changes necessary to win
the war against cancer will require more than research alone. It will also require collective action,
the uniting of movements that have operated for the most part independently."