> Something like 90% of cancer cases are either cured or successfully suppressed (to the extent that the sufferer ends up dying of some other cause). This is

> Something like 90% of cancer cases are either cured or successfully suppressed (to the extent that the sufferer ends up dying of some other cause). This is not correct. It's true in the US for prostate cancer, which is one of the most notoriously treatable forms of cancer, but it's not true for cancer at large. (It's also not true for prostate cancer in many other developed countries, which actually have a worse track record at treating cancer than the US does)