Editorial, J Clin Exp Oncol Vol: 4 Issue: 3
Relating the Pendulum of Democracy with Oncology Research
Christian Schmidt1 and Mark A Brown2-4* | |
1Department of Polymers for Biomedical Engineering, Fraunhofer-Institute Applied Polymer Research (IAP), USA | |
2Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, USA | |
3Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Colorado State University, USA | |
4Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado State University, USA | |
Corresponding author : Mark A Brown Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, 801 Oval Drive, Campus Code 1052, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1052, USA Tel:(970) 491-5782 E-mail: M.Brown@colostate.edu |
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Received: November 24, 2015 Accepted: November 26, 2015 Published: November 30, 2015 | |
Citation: Schmidt C, Brown M (2015) Relating the Pendulum of Democracy with Oncology Research. J Clin Exp Oncol 4:3. doi:10.4172/2324-9110.1000e110 |
Abstract
Relating the Pendulum of Democracy with Oncology Research
Abstract
It has been over 40 years since President Richard M. Nixon signed the National Cancer Act. Considered radically progressive by some in 1971, few today recognize the political implications of this legislation for a conservative U.S. president. In retrospect, the signing of the National Cancer Act highlights how closely most U.S. politicians operate to political center, relative to their global counterparts. Thus, the rest of the world is often mystified by the ability of the pendulum of American democracy to drive revolutionary events with global impacts, following a subtle swing to the left or right of the political center. Herein, we reflect upon the relationship between this pendulum of democracy and oncology research.