Americans have been told for decades that in this country, we’re “winning the war on cancer.” But when it comes to fighting this disease, a new study found that industrialized nations like the [...]
Category: Overdiagnosis
Cancer screening, “early detection,” and the Emperor’s New Clothes
President Richard Nixon declared the “war on cancer” in 1971. Yet cancer rates have generally gone up ever since. Of course, as in all wars, the declaration of war on cancer just signaled, “let [...]