Cancer

What Ben Sasse's Treatment Says About the Bright Future of Cancer Cures

New immunotherapies, cancer vaccines, and early diagnostics will bend the cancer mortality curve ever downward.

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2026 1:10 PM

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The age-adjusted cancer mortality rate in the United States continues to fall. The decrease is largely the result of a combination of the continuing decline in smoking, the development of earlier detection diagnostics, and ever more effective treatments.

The experience of former Sen. Ben Sasse (R–Neb.) is an example of the development of more effective treatments. In December, Sasse was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and given just a few months to live. His continuing survival can likely be chalked up to participating........

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