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Of all present diseases, the most cancer is metaphorized. The ancient name for the disease is already a metaphor that provides a certain frightening picture and awakens strong emotions. The brilliant essay “Illness as a metaphor” of Susan Sontag and the popular science book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” of Siddhartha Mukherjee provides a compilation of metaphors that relates...
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