Cancer’s $250 Billion Elephant-In-The-Room
Azra Raza treated cancer patients for 30 years, but not even the loss of her Oncologist husband could provoke her to write a book. It took the death of her daughter’s dearest 22 year old friend - when suddenly she realized she had to speak up. Here we discuss the one most important thing that The System overlooks - THE PATIENT’S ANGUISH - and speaks out about the state of cancer research in the 21st century. Groupthink, sexism, ignorance of history, and absence of empathy… and no one is in charge.A quarter-trillion dollars later, we’re still carrying out the same punishing treatments we were doling out in the 1970s - where life extensions of six weeks are heralded as "breakthroughs." We discuss the “Cancer Cambrian” and the great black hole that is our grasp of cancer cellular evolution. Finally, witness Azra’s dream of a superior system for detecting and beating cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.