The "war on cancer" is the effort to find a cure for cancer by increased research to improve the understanding of cancer biology and the development of...

cellular biology due to cancer research has led to new treatments for cancer since US President Richard Nixon declared the "War on Cancer" in 1971. Since then...

identified the first human cancer virus, called the Epstein–Barr virus. The political 'war' on cancer began with the National Cancer Act of 1971, a United...

War metaphors are often used to describe a person's experience with cancer. Those who have died are said to have lost their "battle with cancer", while...

Breast cancer awareness is an effort to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast cancer through education about screening, symptoms, and treatment...

Cancer Wars is a six-part documentary that aired on PBS on May 25, 1998. The first episode discussed the history of cancer research such as contributions...

volunteers for the purpose of waging "war on cancer". From 1935 to 1938 the number of people involved in cancer control in the US grew from 15,000 to...

curing cancer according to a Breakthroughs analogy was "entirely unrealistic", and cited President Richard Nixon's "failed" War on Cancer. Cancer turned...

address on 8 January 1964. "War on Cancer", combined effort to decrease cancer mortality through improved prevention, detection, and treatment "War on Drugs"...

on the IQ of children," but found "an alarming number of errors" regarding air pollution. Davis' second book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer...