Reason is an unserious publication with an ironic name. The author of this particular article has a financial interest in pushing untested medicine on the suff

Reason is an unserious publication with an ironic name. The author of this particular article has a financial interest in pushing untested medicine on the suffering. Cancer is a catch-all for a number of different diseases (having a few similarities) that require different treatments. The author chooses to ignore the average age of the population, the size of the population, the diet of the population, and obesity within the population when pulling out statistics. The regulatory framework surrounding medical treatment and drug testing exists BECAUSE people were being harmed by untested medicine. Thalidomide is just one example.