tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post7069339652757372806..comments2024-02-22T01:35:03.164-05:00Comments on Cure Strategy (formerly, Serious Medicine Strategy): 'I love the imagery of struggle." Christopher Hitchens on "battling cancer"--lessons for the rest of us.James P. Pinkertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06914344842339708576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-49859216220062435392010-08-07T06:31:38.798-04:002010-08-07T06:31:38.798-04:00Hey Jim--
Well put... echos a little bit, at leas...Hey Jim--<br /><br />Well put... echos a little bit, at least in thesis, to Nixon's "War on Cancer."<br /><br />http://thenewnixon.org/2010/01/21/president-nixon-doctor-letton-and-the-war-on-cancer/Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164901208649822135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877221018800830362.post-66407729268127636642010-08-05T13:49:34.163-04:002010-08-05T13:49:34.163-04:00I read somewhere that we are all born with a handf...I read somewhere that we are all born with a handful of genetic mutations that, if triggered by such environmental factors as a viral infecton or cigarette smoking, will cause cancer. Perhaps we should spend more time studying the genetics of people who don't get cancer rather than environmental factors that we cannot always avoid - which is how we approach cancer prevention now. Hitchens smoked and drank too much and got cancer. Others did the same and did not get cancer. It was not his fault, it was merely his fate.The Stilettohttp://www.thestilettoblog.comnoreply@blogger.com