Declaration of war on cancer


VERY few would deny that cancer remains one of the world’s most dreaded diseases. Despite many years of research, the disease is still not fully tamed although there have been some progress in the diagnostics and therapeutics of some cancers.

Over the years, the survival rate has shown some increase but the search for a cure remains elusive. What will it take to turn cancer into just another chronic disease? HIV infection, which was at one time a dreaded disease, is now just as manageable as diabetes and hypertension. Can cancer be one day just as manageable?

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