Cancer is often the result of natural processes of cell replacement/renewal getting out of control. As your body gets older the number of times your cells have been replaced or renewed increases and the chances of a failure in the control system are greater.
As cells are on a continual renewal/replacement schedule and blips in the control mechanism are inevitable I think rather than fighting a war on cancer, (or terrorism for that matter) we need to pay far more attention to the circumstances which enable the body to better control the aggressive processes involved and thus prevent the occurance of cancers and enable those with cancer to live with their cancers in a controlled manner.
I am not a doctor, what I say here is simply based on my reading of abstracts from
Pubmed and
The Vitamin D Council.
Fundamental to the control of cell growth is the ability to stop a cell replicating when the essential work is done. (If we put troops into a war situation can we stop them behaving with excessive zeal?) In the body this process is controlled to some extent by the presence of vitamin D3 cholecalciferol. We know not only that certain cancers(and other disabling conditions ) occur more frequently in areas of low sunlight (latitudinal, seasonal, industrial, or based on colour of skin which affects D3 synthesis) but also that exposure to bright sunlight can in some cases end the cancer process.
The reason why those who are diagnosed and treated for cancer in the Winter months have a worse prognosis/life expectancy than those with similar cancers give the same treatment in the Summer months is because the summer cancer diagnosis and treatment cases are conducted in bodies with higher natural control mechanisms in place that the winter cases. There is no reason why anyone with a cancer diagnosed in the Winter shouldn't achieve the same life expectancy as the Summer individuals by ensuring they visit a suntan palour and expose their naked bodies to UVB rays sufficiently to achieve a slight tan. (There is no need to get burnt as this will increase your melanoma risk or take sufficient vitamin D3 CHOLECALCIFEROL (not d2 ergocalciferol) to raise your circulating D3 levels. More at
The Vitamin D Council but do be aware there is a lot of misinformation about D3 coming from official sources. You really do need to read the information from those scientists who have studied the D3 deficiency scandal and discount the advice from doctors who tell you "there's no such thing as a healthy tan" or who believe the RDA for Vit D3 is anywhere like reasonable. If you took TEN TIMES the official RDA in the winter or when you couldn't go outside, you would be nearer the mark for producing the levels your body achieves in the summer with modest but regular exposure.
More on Vitamin D3 and cancer control here
Should Cancer Patients Die Vitamin D Deficient