[kingkongreveng_]

I've heard there's malarkey to do with how they account for deaths and cures. If you survive a diagnosis for five years or something they count you as cured. In a lot of cases what we really have is a lot of technology that give people six extra years of life, at high cost and a lot of discomfort.

[jerf]

That's called looking a gift horse in the mouth. Progress requires the intermediate steps. Complaining that we're not making progress because all we've done is gotten closer to conquering cancer and we aren't actually done yet is a great way to ensure we stop making progress, at least if the people allocating money start thinking that way.