Keyword: cancer

We Must Deal with the Causes, Not Only the Symptoms of Cancer

Picture: Jane Whiteoaks Glenn Ashton - We are regularly reminded of the growing global blight of cancer by repetitive education drives during cancer awareness months. But surely we should pay more attention to the causes, rather than simply raise awareness? Perhaps we fail to do so because the commercial imperative makes it easier to fundraise around the impacts of cancer rather than analysing the root causes? October was breast (and liver) cancer month, September prostate cancer and November is pancreatic, stomach, lung and...