The Cancer Industry with John Horgan | Starting Strength Radio #48

Mark Rippetoe and John Horgan, director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, discuss smoking, cancer medicine, and the high cost with marginal benefit of testing and treating some cancers.

00:00 Introduction
04:04 Bad news about the "War on Cancer"
14:38 The cancer industry
23:56 Problems with screening
34:01 Diagnosis blow
38:19 Immune system
41:17 Improving cancer care
49:21 Research defects
53:21 CYA obstacles
56:41 Hybrid system & regulatory costs
01:03:16 How to not die of cancer