President Nixon declared the war on cancer in the seventies and foresaw victory waiting around the door. Unfortunately, this goal was never achieved. We know that a cure for cancer is yet to be found.
When I asked my parents about how many people they knew with cancer when they were still children, they told me, maybe one or two. I am now 37 years old and I have to conclude that the situation has changed dramatically.
My point is: every 7th or 8th women today in the United States will get breast-cancer this year. Go back in time and you will realize it wasn't like that 20, 40, 60, 80 years ago.
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.
My wife Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2009. In August 2009, my mother was hospitalized for removing a tumor - she has cervical cancer. On October 1st, just a few weeks ago, after I had encountered blood in my urine, my urologist ordered a CAT-Scan that revealed a 6.2 cm tumor in my left kidney.
I am about to have surgery during which my kidney will be removed entirely. It's insane. Cancer is everywhere. It's not that remote mysterious disease anymore that was likely to spare you.
Nixon promised money and he lived up to his promise. Billions of Dollars were spent on cancer research, but with the exception of a few - admittedly remarkable - strides, cancer still seems to grow uncontrollably. This is a phenomenon that applies to the whole Western World and is not only confined to the US, of course.
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?
A lot of people disagree with me. They point out that especially in the area of breast cancer the situation has gotten much better, by referring to new studies and statistical data. According to those voices, we have a lower number of new incidents and mortalities.
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. - 31372
When I asked my parents about how many people they knew with cancer when they were still children, they told me, maybe one or two. I am now 37 years old and I have to conclude that the situation has changed dramatically.
My point is: every 7th or 8th women today in the United States will get breast-cancer this year. Go back in time and you will realize it wasn't like that 20, 40, 60, 80 years ago.
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.
My wife Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2009. In August 2009, my mother was hospitalized for removing a tumor - she has cervical cancer. On October 1st, just a few weeks ago, after I had encountered blood in my urine, my urologist ordered a CAT-Scan that revealed a 6.2 cm tumor in my left kidney.
I am about to have surgery during which my kidney will be removed entirely. It's insane. Cancer is everywhere. It's not that remote mysterious disease anymore that was likely to spare you.
Nixon promised money and he lived up to his promise. Billions of Dollars were spent on cancer research, but with the exception of a few - admittedly remarkable - strides, cancer still seems to grow uncontrollably. This is a phenomenon that applies to the whole Western World and is not only confined to the US, of course.
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?
A lot of people disagree with me. They point out that especially in the area of breast cancer the situation has gotten much better, by referring to new studies and statistical data. According to those voices, we have a lower number of new incidents and mortalities.
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. - 31372
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 our breast cancer story with you and to provide independent quality breast cancer treatment information .
