The Guardian view on cancer treatments: new hope for patients now and in the future | Editorial
A drug for pancreatic cancer shows immense promise, but we shouldn’t forget research in the field is a story of small victoriesIt is unlikely that we will ever declare a final victory over cancer. Governments have often promised it: from Nixon’s 1971 “war on cancer” to the 2016 Obama‑Biden plan to fight and cure it “once and for all” and Sajid Javid’s 2022 “war on cancer” initiative in the UK. But framing it this way can obscure how real progress is made: not in stunning routs,…
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