Are we winning the war on cancer or just propping up a toxic industry?

‘There has been a lot of talk about the “war on cancer.” It’s a frightening and deadly disease, and it’s certainly something that most of us would like to see successfully conquered. However, not everyone seems to be in a hurry for a definitive cure to emerge. Unfortunately, the highly profitable cancer industry is working hard to protect its own interests.
In some ways, it’s tempting to say that we have already lost this war. One out of every 16 people got cancer in the 1940s; that figure is now one out of every three. In 2014, more than 1.6 million new cancer diagnoses and 585,720 cancer deaths were projected in the U.S. alone. You would think this would be bad news across the board, but the cancer industry is simply watching its profits grow.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) says that the medical costs of care for cancer patients totals $125 billion, a figure that is expected to rise by 39 percent to reach $173 billion at the end of this decade. The industry produces a lot of income and employs a staggering number of people.’
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