The War on Cancer and where we stand today
In the seventies, President Nixon declared an ambitious goal and called it the "War on Cancer. However, a few decades later, we have to admit that we fell short as cancer rates still haven't gone done.
I am now 37 years old. When I go back in time, maybe just twenty years or so, I barely new anybody who had cancer. And if we go back even another few years, cancer rates were by far not as high as they are today.
The fact of the matter is, every 8th women in the USA will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. But just a few decades back ago we didn't have such a higher number of incidents.
You probably know one or more people diagnosed with cancer. And unfortunately, it is likely that there's even someone in your family who got diagnosed.
In March of 2009 my wife Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer. My mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer only a few months later. And after I encountered blood in my urine, a CT-Scan result came back with another cancer diagnosis for our family. A larger tumor was found in my left kidney.
After three surgeries, the margins finally came back clear for my wife's breast cancer. I just had my left kidney removed two weeks ago. Cancer used to be something remote. But nowadays it's simply everywhere you look.
The page has turned. Cancer is growing, even though billions of $$ where poured into science and research to find the magic bullet, after Nixon proudly declared to battle it and to declare victory in record time. And when I speak of President Nixon, I certainly don't mean to point my finger at the USA - the situation is the same everywhere in the Western World.
Is it only me imagining that all? Is it simply coincidental that both, my wife and I got diagnosed with cancer, plus my mom and another 10 folks I know - all that in just one year?
You may object to my standpoint as many people in fact do. They argue with statistics and data which - at least according to them - indicate that cancer, and especially breast cancer incidents, have been consistently going down over the past few decades.
Well, I got to admit that math wasn't necessarily my strongest subject back in the days but I do know how to read data and graphs, furthermore, I know how easy it to tweak numbers. Actually, you don't really have to tweak them, it's much rather a matter of how you present them.
'The War on Cancer' is far away from being over soon, even though some significant improvements were achieved by research, science and modern medicine. Hopefully, it won't take too long anymore until we have achieved President Nixon's declared goal, of eradicating cancer entirely.
I am now 37 years old. When I go back in time, maybe just twenty years or so, I barely new anybody who had cancer. And if we go back even another few years, cancer rates were by far not as high as they are today.
The fact of the matter is, every 8th women in the USA will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. But just a few decades back ago we didn't have such a higher number of incidents.
You probably know one or more people diagnosed with cancer. And unfortunately, it is likely that there's even someone in your family who got diagnosed.
In March of 2009 my wife Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer. My mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer only a few months later. And after I encountered blood in my urine, a CT-Scan result came back with another cancer diagnosis for our family. A larger tumor was found in my left kidney.
After three surgeries, the margins finally came back clear for my wife's breast cancer. I just had my left kidney removed two weeks ago. Cancer used to be something remote. But nowadays it's simply everywhere you look.
The page has turned. Cancer is growing, even though billions of $$ where poured into science and research to find the magic bullet, after Nixon proudly declared to battle it and to declare victory in record time. And when I speak of President Nixon, I certainly don't mean to point my finger at the USA - the situation is the same everywhere in the Western World.
Is it only me imagining that all? Is it simply coincidental that both, my wife and I got diagnosed with cancer, plus my mom and another 10 folks I know - all that in just one year?
You may object to my standpoint as many people in fact do. They argue with statistics and data which - at least according to them - indicate that cancer, and especially breast cancer incidents, have been consistently going down over the past few decades.
Well, I got to admit that math wasn't necessarily my strongest subject back in the days but I do know how to read data and graphs, furthermore, I know how easy it to tweak numbers. Actually, you don't really have to tweak them, it's much rather a matter of how you present them.
'The War on Cancer' is far away from being over soon, even though some significant improvements were achieved by research, science and modern medicine. Hopefully, it won't take too long anymore until we have achieved President Nixon's declared goal, of eradicating cancer entirely.
About the Author:
I was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer and seven months later after my wife Ann was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in March of 2009. I created our Breast Cancer Homepage with the intention to share information about breast cancer and our story with you and to provide independent quality breast cancer and treatment information to you.
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