Srinivas, S. (2021) 'Updating the economics of the "war on cancer": false metaphor and faulty economics', Cancer Control. Available at: http://www.cancercontrol.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/28-31.pdf
The “War on Cancer” is an undoubtedly a poor metaphor. Cancer is a complex biological process, not a single target for bellicose action; science is not organized on war strategy principles; and the winners and losers in a military war reflect neither the experience nor the choices of cancer patients and scientists. A more fundamental problem exists: the economics of the so-called “War” are faulty. The first section of this essay discusses the false War metaphor and its faulty economics. The second describes a more dynamic economic context that draws on evolutionary and institutional perspectives.