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   From: hrubin@skew.stat.purdue.edu   
      
   On 2012-09-02, Raymond  wrote:   
   > So far, money has not improved the overall chances of survival from   
   > cancer   
      
   > The moon landings were without a doubt inspirational. Today, we need a   
   > Kennedy like moon landing commitment to cure cancer in the next ten   
   > years. It can be done. Because of the visionary leadership of a young   
   > president, we know it can be done. When you believe something can be   
   > done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Urge a   
   > new generation to demand a cure.   
      
   > We have a War on Cancer, but the more money we spend on cancer, the   
   > more people die of it. So far, money has not improved the overall   
   > chances of survival from cancer during the past 25 years .Why? Is   
   > there too much money to be made by so many in the health care industry   
   > by ignoring a cure? Many Americans, including doctors,  believe so.   
      
   > Follow the money.   
      
   It cannot be done that quickly.  The mammalian mechanism is   
   a hodgepodge of actions of enzymes, and other enzymes to limit   
   them, and there are random mutations.  Some of the mutations   
   are deadly and some are good.  The deadly ones kill those who   
   get them and get eliminated, and cancer is the result of such   
   mutations.  There are probably millions of kinds of cancer.   
   Probably most people get some form of cancer, and the immune   
   system takes care of it, but it is difficult for the immune   
   system to learn to recognize cancer cells as different from   
   benign cells.   
      
   There are other diseases connected to enzyme mechanisms gone   
   astray, and allergies are due to the immune system deciding   
   that some things are to be destroyed, when in fact they are   
   harmless and the destruction process yields disease.  Other   
   autoimmune diseases are even worse.   
      
      
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   are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.   
   Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University   
   hrubin@stat.purdue.edu         Phone: (765)494-6054   FAX: (765)494-0558   
      
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