#375 - Cancer Down On The Farm

The cancer establishment--the largely male, largely white and largely elderly group of researchers who act as gatekeepers for cancer research dollars--try to put a good face on it. They point to reductions in deaths from childhood cancers, reductions in cancer deaths among young adults, and reductions in deaths from some specific cancers. Still the fact remains that the total age-adjusted death rate for cancer continues to climb year after year. The rise in the cancer death rate is particularly steep among people 65 and over.