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...

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

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...

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...

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

20th century. The U.S. declared a "War on Cancer" in the 1970s, and increased the funding and support for cancer research. Some of the most highly cited...

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...

initiated the U.S. federal government's War on Cancer in the early 1970s.: 184  When Congress passed the National Cancer Act of 1971 as part of that effort...

on the causes, treatment, and prevention of cancer. 1971: The National Cancer Act of 1971 declares "war on cancer," establishes the National Cancer Advisory...

the war on cancer". Nature Reviews. Cancer. 5 (1): 65–72. doi:10.1038/nrc1529. PMID 15630416. S2CID 205467419. Faguet GB (2005). The War on Cancer. Springer...

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in...

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

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling...

A Biography of Cancer is a book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist. It was published on 16 November 2010...

Turbo cancer is an anti-vaccination conspiracy theory alleging that people vaccinated against COVID-19, especially with mRNA vaccines, are suffering from...

such as the "War on Drugs", "War on Poverty", "War on Cancer", Lou Dobbs's "War on the Middle Class", the "War on Terrorism", the "War on Women", or Bill...

and President Richard Nixon to sign it into law, thus beginning the "War on Cancer". Texas beat the legendary Joe Theismann in the 1970 Cotton Bowl. In...

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is a 2015 American documentary film produced and directed by Barak Goodman and executive produced by Ken Burns. The...

applications in scientific study. The line is derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951, from Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African American...

and prostate cancers. Participation in Operation Ranchhand in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, or living near a golf course, or living on a farm would...

Cancer is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its old astronomical symbol is (♋︎). Its...

Man, and was formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Cancer Research UK conducts...

2014). "How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 21 June 2018. "Fact Check: Cancer researcher Leonardo Ferreira misidentified...

in Cancer Alley, as well as addressing the associated racial and economic disparities. Following an oil and gas boom around the time of World War II,...

under the name NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Center in 1972 as a component of U.S. President Richard Nixon's War on Cancer initiative. In 2012, the institution...

2016 Lobel co-wrote the book for the musical A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer (2016) with Byrony Kimmings. The musical, with a score by Tom Parkinson...

related to cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, the AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research, including basic, clinical, and translational research...

argues that medical institutions involved in the "war on cancer" have focused more on cures than on prevention, and that some safety research into environmental...