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The weight of words: Not all cancer is ‘cancer’
The term emphasizes invasion and destruction, but metaphors can be harmful for the disease’s patients: they condition, blame and hide the real problems
The term emphasizes invasion and destruction, but metaphors can be harmful for the disease’s patients: they condition, blame and hide the real problems
The director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center describes a natural world as wonderful as it is imperiled by the climate crisis. The rapid loss of biodiversity and ice has dire consequences for the entire world