Lessons from Two Domestic Wars: Cancer and Poverty

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Future OncologyVol. 9, No. 11 CommentaryLessons from two domestic wars: cancer and povertyJohn Power & Nathan LawrentschukJohn PowerUniversity of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts, School of Social & Political Sciences, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author & Nathan Lawrentschuk* Author for correspondenceUniversity of Melbourne & Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia. Search for more papers by this authorEmail the corresponding author at lawrentschuk@gmail.comPublished Online:24 Oct 2013https://doi.org/10.2217/fon.13.173AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: neoplasmoncologyphysicianpolitical scienceReferences1 Gillette ML. Launching the War on Poverty: An Oral History (2nd Edition). Oxford University Press, NY, USA (2010).Google Scholar2 Mukherjee S. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Fourth Estate, London, UK (2011).Google Scholar3 Jemal A, Simard EP, Dorell C et al. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009, featuring the burden and trends in human papillomavirus(HPV)-associated cancers and HPV vaccination coverage levels. J. Natl Cancer Inst.105(3),175–201 (2013).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar4 Stricker F. Why America Lost the War On Poverty–and How To Win It. University of North Carolina Press, NC, USA (2007).Google Scholar5 Simone B, Champ C, Rosenberg A et al. Selectively starving cancer cells through dietary manipulation: methods and clinical implications. Future Oncol.9(7),959–976 (2013).Link, CAS, Google Scholar6 Wadhwa R, Taketa T, Sudo K, Blum-Murphy M, Ajani JA. Ramucirumab: a novel antiangiogenic agent. Future Oncol.9(6),789–795 (2013).Link, CAS, Google Scholar7 Lindner U, Lawrentschuk N, Schatloff O, Trachtenberg J, Lindner A. Evolution from active surveillance to focal therapy in the management of prostate cancer. Future Oncol.7(6),775–787 (2011).Link, Google Scholar8 Nouspikel T. Genetic instability in human embryonic stem cells: prospects and caveats. Future Oncol.9(6),867–877 (2013).Link, CAS, Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 9, No. 11 eToC Sign up Follow us on social media for the latest updates Metrics Downloaded 48 times History Published online 24 October 2013 Published in print November 2013 Information© Future Medicine LtdKeywordsneoplasmoncologyphysicianpolitical scienceFinancial & competing interests disclosureThe authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.PDF download