Realistic goal: End suffering, death from cancer by 2015
USA Today, Jan. 21, 2004
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the federal government's National Institutes of Health, have a new goal: to eliminate suffering and death due to cancer by 2015.
This is a realistic goal because:
Cancer is no longer mysterious and invulnerable. Research has helped us unlock more of the mysteries of the process of cancer, giving us new insights about how to exploit cancer's vulnerabilities.
We already have made great progress in increasing the number of people who are cancer survivors.
The pace of scientific progress, fueled by the wonders of new technology, is accelerating.
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