A bold rethinking of what cancer is as a biological phenomenon, the science that serves capitalism, and a radical vision of liberated health and well-being. More than fifty years after the declaration of the War on Cancer, and billions of dollars spent, we are nowhere close to victory. The answer to the question of why we are losing lies in the very way cancer is understood and the -cancer-industrial complex- that has been established to address it. Just as the term -industrial complex- has been used to explain a profiteering relationship between public entities and private corporations, the cancer-industrial complex arises from the symbiosis of private corporations, non-profit organizations such as universities and foundations, and public governmental regulatory bodies in the post-genomic era. This network profits off a vulnerable population who does not have the same footing in a market that is structurally rigged against them given their physical and socioeconomic conditions. This e
