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  2. War metaphors in cancer - Wikipedia

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    By comparison, another common metaphor, comparing cancer to a "journey" was "less likely to lead to feelings of guilt or failure". [10] In a study conducted in 2003 stated that patients using war-related terminology to describe their breast cancer had higher rates of depression and "poorer quality of life". [11]

  3. America first declared war on cancer half a century ago ... - AOL

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    Exciting new technologies can help the U.S. government win the war that it declared 50 years ago—but the very same government may be hampering progress. America first declared war on cancer half ...

  4. Displaced by war, cancer patients in Lebanon struggle for ...

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    "We want to go back to our homes, to our work," he said, breaking into tears as he received cancer treatment at the American University of Beirut's Medical Center (AUBMC), his sister sitting next ...

  5. 'How are you supposed to live?' Some cancer patients skip ...

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    New York resident Lynn Scarfuto, 72, spent several years working as a nurse navigator, helping patients through their cancer ordeals before she became a cancer

  6. AIDS and Its Metaphors - Wikipedia

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    Illness as Metaphor was a response to Sontag's experiences as a cancer patient, as she noticed that the cultural myths surrounding cancer negatively affected her as a patient. She finds that, a decade later, cancer is no longer swathed in secrecy and shame, but has been replaced by AIDS as the disease most demonized by society.

  7. Re-Mission - Wikipedia

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    The original Re-Mission game was released in 2006 as a Microsoft Windows based third-person shooter based in the serious games genre. In Re-Mission, the player controls an RX5-E ("Roxxi") nanobot who is designed to be injected into the human body and fight particular types of cancer and related infections such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia, at a cellular level.

  8. New Cancer-Fighting Game App Goes Global - AOL

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    New Cancer-Fighting Game App Goes Global Cigna teams with HopeLab to promote research-based Re-Mission 2 games worldwide BLOOMFIELD, Conn. & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global health ...

  9. Professional wargaming - Wikipedia

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    A wargame, generally, is a type of strategy game which realistically simulates warfare.A professional wargame, specifically, is a wargame that is used by military organizations to train officers in tactical and strategic decision-making, to test new tactics and strategies, or to predict trends in future conflicts.