Is Cancer a Genetic Disease or a Metabolic Disease?

Cancer is already the leading cause of death in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Denmark. In the US it is projected that cancer will surpass heart disease as the nation's leading killer by 2030. In 2015 more than 1.65 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer and 590,000 will die from it (SEER, 2015). Currently nearly 15 million people in the US are either living with cancer or are cancer survivors. Because cancer is such a widespread, pernicious disease that requires significant, long-term medical intervention, the economic costs are considerable.