An Optimistic View of the Rise of Cancer
The fact that death from cancer is on the increase is not only a problem of medicine, but its at the same time testifies to the wonderful efficiency of medical science... [as it] enables more persons top live long enough to develop some kind of cancer in old and less resistant tissues.
Charles Mayo, Carcinoma of the Right Segment of the Colon (1926)
Notes
It means people are living long enough to get cancer.
References
- Carcinoma of the Right Segment of the Colon Journal Article
Schemas
Triples
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Watson’s reading
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People, places and things
- cancer Health Condition