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August 6, 2021

Updates to Strategic Plan

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6 August 2021

We have updated our Strategic Plan to substantially reduce cancer deaths, click here.

There are three main changes. First, we propose that success in substantially reducing

cancer deaths is essentially a management task, not a technological one. Second, we have

broken down treatment related goals into specific tasks that can be assigned to individuals or

groups. Third, the overall plan was “tightened up” and is shorter.

We have created a table listing malignant attributes associated with pancreatic

adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer, click here. We need to further

refine this table by adding more attributes, by identifying more treatments that are at least

partially effective against these attributes and by contacting individuals who might be

interested in pursuing clinical studies testing therapies against these attributes.

We plan to create similar tables for lung and liver cancer, the other major aggressive

malignancies. For colorectal, breast and prostate cancer, we have to separate out the

specific types that are the major causes of cancer death since most cases have favorable

survival. We plan to hire a research assistant to assist with these tasks.

We have met with public health experts at the State and County level to discuss reducing the

cancer risk factors listed in the American Code against Cancer. Although public health

agencies are currently overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we plan to work with them

to discuss how to achieve the ambitious behavioral changes necessary to markedly reduce

cancer deaths. We may also sponsor high school science fairs or essay contests related to

cancer.

You can help:

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* Follow our Curing Cancer Blog at https://natpernickshealthblog.wordpress.com/ .

* Sign up for our Curing Cancer Network monthly newsletter by clicking at

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/onz6IND .

* Become an example to others of anti-cancer behavior. Read our American Code against

Cancer at http://www.natpernick.com/AmericanCodeAgainstCancer.html, decide what

steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk and spread the word through your social

networks.

* Tell any medical researchers you know about our current grants at

https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/grants.html .

* Contact me with your thoughts and suggestions at Nat@PathologyOutlines.com