> Second, the reason cancer wasn't "on the radar" is because we didn't know much. Plus, we often didn't live long enough for cancer to set in. It's hard to die

> Second, the reason cancer wasn't "on the radar" is because we didn't know much. Plus, we often didn't live long enough for cancer to set in. It's hard to die of cancer if you drop dead of typhus or TB first. Cancer is the end stage of life; it's what kills you if nothing else does. We've finally reached the point where a very large percentage of the population is making it far enough to get there.