Since the "War on Cancer" was declared in 1971, the United States alone has expended some $300 billion on research, with a heavy focus on the role of genomics in anticancer therapy. Voluminous data have been collected and analyzed. However, in hindsight, any achievements made have not been realized in clinical practice in terms of overall survival or quality of life extended. This might be justified because cancer is not one disease but a conglomeration of multiple diseases, with widespread heterogeneity even within a single tumor type.

Brücher, B., Lyman, G., Van Hillegersberg, R., Pollock, R., Lordick, F., Yang, H., Ushijima, T., Yeoh, K., Skricka, T., Polkowski, W., Wallner, G., Verwaal, V., Garofalo, A., D'Ugo, D., Roviello, F., Steinau, H., Wallace, T., Daumer, M., Maihle, N., Reid, T., Ducreux, M., Kitagawa, Y., Knuth, A., Zilberstein, B., Steele, S., Jamall, I., Imagine a world without cancer, <<BMC CANCER>>, 2014; 14 (Marzo): 186-186. [doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-186] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/64464]

Imagine a world without cancer

D'Ugo, Domenico;
2014

Abstract

Since the "War on Cancer" was declared in 1971, the United States alone has expended some $300 billion on research, with a heavy focus on the role of genomics in anticancer therapy. Voluminous data have been collected and analyzed. However, in hindsight, any achievements made have not been realized in clinical practice in terms of overall survival or quality of life extended. This might be justified because cancer is not one disease but a conglomeration of multiple diseases, with widespread heterogeneity even within a single tumor type.
2014
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Brücher, B., Lyman, G., Van Hillegersberg, R., Pollock, R., Lordick, F., Yang, H., Ushijima, T., Yeoh, K., Skricka, T., Polkowski, W., Wallner, G., Verwaal, V., Garofalo, A., D'Ugo, D., Roviello, F., Steinau, H., Wallace, T., Daumer, M., Maihle, N., Reid, T., Ducreux, M., Kitagawa, Y., Knuth, A., Zilberstein, B., Steele, S., Jamall, I., Imagine a world without cancer, <<BMC CANCER>>, 2014; 14 (Marzo): 186-186. [doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-186] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/64464]
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