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The final frontier in the war on cancer
The Telegraph
February 7, 2012
When President Nixon declared war on cancer 40 years ago, he also sanctioned one of the biggest research programmes in history. The budget of America's National Cancer Institute (NCI) is now $5 billion a year, more than Nasa spends on space exploration. Cancer accounts for a large slice of research funds in most other developed countries, too: Cancer Research UK, for example, has a budget of £500 million a year. [Read more]

Dr. David Agus on his book "The End of Illness"
Charlie Rose
February 3, 2012
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