War metaphors in cancer conversations | Letters

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Letters: Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins argues that people with cancer are fed up of the language of war, but not everyone agrees

 

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Agree ... Pyrrhic Victory? Might win the battle, but never the war..,

They are certainly our enemies we try to eliminate, but are also part of ourselves, like family members who've gone berserk.

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