6/11/2023 0 Comments The first cell razaAzra Raza, notes we spend $150 billion each year treating cancer, yet a patient with cancer is as likely to die of it today with a few exceptions as one was 50 years ago. A drop of just over 1%? For the trillions of dollars that have been poured into cancer research, just over 1%? Today, we spend the hour with a renowned oncologist who says we should be treating the disease differently.ĪMY GOODMAN: In her new book, The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, our guest for the hour, Dr. death rate from cardiovascular disease over the past 50 years, and a drop of more than 1% annually in the cancer death rate over the past couple of decades. Among the advances that have helped to make this possible are a 70% decline in the U.S. has risen from 47 years in 1900 to more than 78 years today. Life expectancy for a baby born in the U.S. Francis Collins, quote, Americans are living longer, healthier lives. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Why has there been so little progress in the war on cancer? According to the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr.
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