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> Its results are distinctly unimpressive... So far as I can tell, where there has been improvement in cancer mortality since the 1970’s, it is mostly due to people smoking less, early detection of some kinds of cancer, and adjuvant (cytotoxic) chemotherapy, not to targeted chemotherapies.

I'll just add this quote for a starting point from such abject failure, "The first step towards wisdom is to call things by their right name." -Confucius

"what's cancer?", "how do you fix it?", don't ask them.




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