The 50-Year War on Cancer Revisited: Should We Continue to Fight the Enemy Within?
Young-Joon Surh
Abstract
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the "War on Cancer" declared by Richard Nixon, a former President of the United States of America. By signing into law the National Cancer Act on December 23, 1971, Nixon hoped this action to be the landmark legislation taken by his administration. Nixon apparently had confidence that cancer would be conquered in 5 years. This was indeed a surprisingly wonderful X-mas present to the nation.
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LegislationPolitical scienceLawCancerAdversaryAction (physics)MedicineSpanish Civil WarHistorySupreme courtNational securityState (computer science)BRCA gene mutations in cancerNutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseScience, Research, and Medicine