Imminent Success in the War on Cancer

Cancer is the greatest obstacle to human life span enhancement aside from cardio vascular disease. CDV has a known fix and that is by losing weight and living healthier, but cancer kills even the most apparently healthy adults and scares many into believing that there will never be successful life span enhancement. But that is pessimism and the truth is that there are a very large number of promising cancer treatments, many already into the testing phase for approval.

General problem with Cancer:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-big-business-of-cancer-100-billion-dollars-was-spent-on-cancer-drugs-last-year-alone
"If you are an American, there is a 1 in 3 chance that you will get cancer during your lifetime.  If you are a man, the odds are closer to 1 in 2.  And almost everyone in America either knows someone who currently has cancer or who has already died from cancer.  But it wasn’t always this way.  Back in the 1940s, only one out of every sixteen Americans would develop cancer.  Something has happened that has caused the cancer rate in this nation to absolutely explode, and it is being projected that cancer will soon surpass heart disease and become the leading cause of death in the United States.  Overall, the World Health Organization says that approximately 14 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed around the globe each year, and the number of new cases is expected to increase by about 70 percent over the next 2 decades. "

General overview of anti-cancer techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNjDjXSJt0
Early detection of cancer
http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/05/02/dr-david-samadi-game-changing-blood-test-could-predict-cancer-years-advance

Cures in development or testing phase:
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/42444/title/Control-ALT--Delete-Cancer/
Treating cancer by shutting down the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway

http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2015/04/03/duke-researchers-engineer-polio-virus-cancer-treatment#.VXAyfulFCpo
A new experimental cancer therapy involving a re-engineered polio virus

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11542544/Scientists-find-key-to-turbo-charging-immune-system-to-kill-all-cancers.html
"Scientists find key to 'turbo-charging' immune system to kill all cancers"

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/world-first-as-scientists-provide-proof-that-viruses-can-combat-cancer-10277315.html
"World first as scientists use cold sore virus to attack cancer cells"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3035143/Pioneering-trials-using-man-DNA-begin-battle-against-cancer-ebola-flu-HIV-scientists-saying-treatment-key-defeating-them.html
"Pioneering trials using man-made DNA begin in battle against cancer, ebola, flu and HIV with scientists saying the treatment could be the key to defeating them

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/02/14/university-pennsylvania-researchers-use-hiv-virus-help-cure-cancer
Using HIV to cure cancer:" Llenas said that so far 125 patients with acute or chronic leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have received this treatment, and more than two-thirds have gone into a full or partial remission, including 36 children."

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/27/scientists-find-treatment-to-kill-every-kind-cancer-tumor/
Scientists find treatment to kill every kind of cancer tumor

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/health/13gene.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1
An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer

http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/story/gene-therapy-forces-breast-cancer-self-destruct/2011-02-28
Gene therapy treatment that forces the cancer cell to commit suicide.