Think about this before you say someone is 'battling' cancer
Lafayette Journal and Courier,
Try talking about cancer without using a war metaphor. It's likely you'll stumble.
Characterizing cancer as a 'war' assumes it can be won. Is that too simple?
Newsbreak,
Try talking about cancer without using a war metaphor. It's likely you'll stumble.
The power and limits of cancer's war metaphors
Kitsap Sun,
Try talking about cancer without using a war metaphor. It's likely you'll stumble.
Characterizing cancer as a 'war' assumes it can be won. Is that too simple?
Yahoo!,
Try talking about cancer without using a war metaphor. It's likely you'll stumble.