Update In The War On Cancer
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
The old suffer more than they should. Peter Hermes FurianBy Mark Lawler, Queen's University BelfastIn 1971 Richard Nixon declared “War on Cancer” with the signing of the National Cancer Act. Significant progress has been made in the intervening 44 years – and Europe has been at the forefront of many of the advances.But on February 4, World Cancer Day, it is worth asking whether we are winning the war on a disease which affects more than 22m people annually? read more