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Abstract

Novel Approaches in Cancer Study

Curing Incurable Cancer

  • Open or CloseDoug Dix*

    Department of Health Science and Nursing, USA

    *Corresponding author: Doug Dix, Professor of Biology and Medical Technology, Department of Health Science and Nursing, West Hartford, Connecticut-06117, USA

Submission: December 13, 2021 Published: December 20, 2021

DOI: 10.31031/NACS.2021.06.000645

ISSN:2637-773X
Volume6 Issue4

Abstract

“Foremost among the way humans organize themselves into communities are ‘us versus them’ distinctions” [1]. Among the most devastating of these is the terminal prognosis: “This disease is likely to kill you soon. Prepare to die.” It puts patients on death row, and, often, into solitary confinement. It’s not how anyone wants to die. But it’s a common consequence of cancer. Of the almost two million cancers diagnosed each year, a fourth or so will kill their host. Yet the terminal prognosis is rarely warranted, for there is always legitimate hope for a cancer cure, and never legitimate hope of avoiding death for long.

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