title: Grappling with cancer--defeatism versus the reality of progress.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Klausner
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D012106:Research; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology