America's war on cancer is now exactly thirty years old, but the enemy is still strong. This year, a million Americans will be diagnosed with some form of the disease, and 1500 a day will die of it. While the rhetoric of war may at times motivate the troops of researchers and doctors and muster public support for billions of dollars in government research, it may not be the right model to conquer an enemy as complex as cancer. Cancer is not one thing, it's many - melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma, and others. We've learned the cures do not lie in one place, vulnerable to a single tactical strike. It turns out, doctors may not do their best work when following orders from the top down. Is it time for a new battle plan?
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Dr. Jerome Groopman, cancer specialist at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Lovell Jones, cofounder of the Intercultural Cancer Council and director of experimental gynecology/endocrinology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
