A complex disease


Health tests: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie said earlier this year that she has had her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed over fears of cancer, following her double mastectomy two years ago. – Reuters photo

The discovery of cancer stem cells and the use of therapeutic approaches may be a small but significant step towards tackling cancer.

A LONG-TIME friend Grace came into my office in tears one day. She was upset as her father and elder brother had died of cancer. And her younger brother had been diagnosed with colon cancer but chemotherapy was not working. She wondered if she would be diagnosed with cancer too. She asked why people were still dying of cancer every day despite all the cancer research.

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