Of course, cancer researchers should not abandon their search for ever-more-effective cancer therapies, even for cures. But it may be time to temper our quest for magic bullets and recognize the cold reality of Darwin’s evolutionary dynamics. Medicine’s goal of a glorious victory over cancer may need to yield to our recognizing that an uneasy stalemate may be the best that can be achieved.
当然，癌症研究人员不应放弃对更有效的癌症治疗方法、甚至是治愈方法的研究。但或许是时候调整我们对神奇弹药的探索，承认达尔文进化动力学的冰冷现实。彻底战胜癌症的医学目标可能需要让位于这样一种理念，那就是维持来之不易的平衡局面或许是能够实现的最高目标。