>It seems likely that, in the next 50 years, instead of actually curing cancer, we will just get really really good at early detection and prevention. You got

>It seems likely that, in the next 50 years, instead of actually curing cancer, we will just get really really good at early detection and prevention. You got it _very_ right. Many years ago on youtube I heard a non-main stream cancer doc who said that, the battle against cancer has been stagnant in 40 years ( so 50 years sounds about right). Main stream medicine does lot of massaging of numbers/statistics to give the impression that we are making progress on cancer. To add to the illusion that there is progress, early detection means a person diagnosed with cancer is likely to survive well past the 5 years mark. The 5 years mark is one of the parameters that is used to define the cancer 'cure rate'.