16 May 2021, What should our national cancer goals be?

May 16, 2021

What are reasonable goals regarding cancer in the United States?

First, let’s discuss what is not reasonable. Conquering cancer does not mean attaining “a world without cancer” (American Cancer Society Mission Statement, accessed 12May21). Cancer will always be part of our world. New cancer cases will continue to arise because (a) cancer is part of the tradeoff inherent in the design of multicellular organisms (Jacqueline 2016); (b) new cancers will continue to develop due to random chronic stress or bad luck (Curing Cancer Blog - Part 7 - Random chronic stress / bad luck as a major cause of cancer, 2021) and (c) we cannot completely end personal behavior which promotes cancer, such as tobacco use or excess weight.

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