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Danh ngôn của Margaret Cuomo (Sứ mệnh: 6)

Why have we settled for a medical system that allows cancer to be recast as a chronic and tolerable disease rather than one we should try to prevent? Why do so many scientists at the nation's drug companies and universities turn their backs on the possibility of prevention?
I am a board member and the volunteer director of medical and scientific content for Less Cancer.
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