Scientists are adopting a new battle plan in the war against cancer

Laurent Hrybyk/Backchannel In2017, cancer mightfinally become number one. It would be an upset victory, given that heart disease has killed more people in the US every year for nearly a century. But it wouldn't exactly be a surprise: As deaths from heart disease and stroke have dwindled, cancer has held strong, steadily narrowing the gap. If it doesn't win out this year, it will soon. But there's a new realization about why we've been losing the war on cancer for so long: Our battle plans are wr...