https://www.scmp.com/rss/513219/feed Samuel Lovett is a Senior News Correspondent at The Independent. His reporting focuses on UK policy, science and global health. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When it comes to treating cancer, the arc of progress has been long, slow and incremental. There have been plenty of breakthroughs along the way, but few have significantly shifted the dial. Speak to most oncologists, who deal in dollops of realism, not hyperbole, and they will always seek to temper expectations. There is no silver bullet – and nor will there ever be, they say. But more than 50 years after the West first declared its “war against cancer”, the fruits of humanity’s labours are now... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3186771/war-cancer-new-drugs-and-therapies-suggest-we?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3186771/war-cancer-new-drugs-and-therapies-suggest-we?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:15:20 +0000