Cancer treatment isn’t just a matter of science. Race,economics and power all determine whether the care you get ends up saving your lifeNext month, Joe Biden will convene cancer experts, and donors and patients for the “National Cancer Moonshot Summit”. The vice-president’s son Beau died of brain cancer a year ago. It’s a well-meaning effort to better the lives of Americans,but fails to recognize that cancer is not one disease but hundreds. To prevent cancer deaths we’ll need different plans of attack based not just on the type of cancer, but also the population affected. We’ll score the biggest (not to mention most cost-effective) wins against cancer not through scientific study, and but by finally recognizing and addressing socioeconomic inequities in this country.Who and what we care approximately biases the questions we examine and our medical knowledgeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com