Cancer Research — Controversy, Progress and Prospects

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
IN the March 27 issue of the Journal, Mr. Greenberg presents a sweeping indictment of the National Cancer Program.1 His most specific criticism is that there has been no progress during the past 20 years in treatment (as measured by survival) for types of cancer that represent 78 per cent of the incidence of the disease.Survival of patients with cancer is quantitatively and authoritatively presented elsewhere in this issue by Cutler and his associates of the End Results Section of the National Cancer Institute. To summarize their observations, slow but steady progress has been achieved in types of . . .