作者: Christopher K. O. Williams
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3664-4_14
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摘要: A remarkable degree of advancement has been made over the last three decades in our understanding nature cancer and successful management at least some its variants. Much progress is attributable to worldwide efforts following upon signing law United States America National Cancer Act on December 23, 1971 by President Richard M. Nixon. The was based a blueprint compiled panel experts, Consultants Conquest Cancer, which had convened Senate States. struggle against cancer, led this extraordinary action US Senate, spearheaded American people, under leadership Mary Woodard Lasker “Citizens Committee for Cancer”. Its tactics get attention Government included provocative campaign-type full-page advertisements national newspapers with slogans such as “Mr. Nixon, you can cure cancer” (1). views public Congress about “the war were that little extra effort money, would be “eliminated”. It therefore not surprising welcome euphoria call “for end 1976” “an appropriate commemoration two-hundredth anniversary independence country” (2).