Now his first thoughts, of course, were about the publication of his findings. Every medical journal in the world, he thought, should have this information. Every oncologist should be told. Every cancer patient could now be healed. Instead of continuing with methods which have no guarantee of cure, physicians could now administer a cure that was real.
Cancer now can be a disease of the past.
His announcement would save the world. But then the scientist began to think through the implications of such an announcement. Moreover, there were many physicians who depended for their livelihood on the continuation of the disease. In effect, he would be saying that they were all wrong and only he was right. He sought the counsel of the community leaders, and he was surprised at the outrage with which he was met.