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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Deaths from cancer have increased in the past century because people are living longer, Cairns said, adding that cancer is a disease that primarily affects older people...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: British Expert Says Research Has Not Reduced Cancer Rate | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

Cairns said scientists have succeeded in combatting only about 1 per cent of all cancers. "I have about the same probability of dying of cancer in the next year as my father had at my age," he said...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: British Expert Says Research Has Not Reduced Cancer Rate | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

Cairns said a decline in infectious diseases occurred in the 19th century mainly because of improved nutrition, and not because of scientific discoveries. "There's a fairly good precedent for saying that cancer will be conquered by charges in life-style rather than by the actions of science," he said...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: British Expert Says Research Has Not Reduced Cancer Rate | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

...cancer death rate for middle-aged Mormons living in California is about half as high as the cancer death rate for other middle-aged California whites, Cairns said. "It is quite plain that you can do something about it, because the Mormons have," he said...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: British Expert Says Research Has Not Reduced Cancer Rate | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

Cairns cited statistics indicating cancer cells may be present in the body for many years before the disease becomes apparent. "In the case of lung cancer, there is a 20 to 25 year lag between people doing something to themselves, and getting the consequences," he said...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: British Expert Says Research Has Not Reduced Cancer Rate | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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