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Humanidades Médicas

versión On-line ISSN 1727-8120

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SANCHEZ VARGAS, Héctor Eduardo  y  YORDI GARCIA, Mirtha Juliana. Who are benefitted with the new knowledge and therapies directed to combat cancer?. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.3, pp. 538-564. ISSN 1727-8120.

This paper aimes at revealing the influence of the socioeconomic contexts on the way cancer is faced as a disease. An analysis about cancer as a social and health problem is presented; the role of some social organizations involved the sick's access to therepies and drug producers' access to new technologies. It is reflected on the over-asessment of drugs which makes access to new and effective therapies difficult; the subordination of the technoscientific knowledge to the interests of the capital; the growing environmental pollution as a trigger for cases increase; and the limited technological resources for prevention and cleanup in underdeveloped countries. Finally, it is made reference to the Cuban cancer fighting program, its current status and scope.

Palabras clave : cancer; health; science, technology y society.

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