Is it really the case that we’ve made no substantial progress on cancer? The current age-adjusted mortality rate is the same as in 1930, and the recent decline only tracks the fall in smoking.https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-cancer-industry-hype-vs-reality/ …
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What about Gleevec et al? I'm sympathetic to the concerns over early diagnosis distorting the stats but there seem to have been some real innovations, moreso in cancer than other fields.
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Yeah, he wasn’t denying that particular breakthroughs have happened. Just arguing that *overall* improvement (lifestyle- and detection-adjusted) has been slight.
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