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Hand wavy recollection of what a very knowledgeable cancer patient told me years ago: They were incredibly frustrated that most cancer research related to the t
by Mz 9y ago
Hand wavy recollection of what a very knowledgeable cancer patient told me years ago: They were incredibly frustrated that most cancer research related to the type of cancer they had was variations on the same thing because it was the trendy thing to fund. This person was hoping for real progress, but was seeing just dozens of studies of the same thing with minor variations and nothing actually interesting or really new being done.
- nradov 9y agoThat could just as well be confusing cause and effect. Particular avenues of research can capture a lot of funding and become trendy because they seem most promising at the time. Hard decisions also have to be made on risk versus reward; should we shoot for the moon or target limited incremental progress? It's easy to criticize after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.
- Mz 9y agoThe individual in question worked for a major health organization themselves. I don't think they were confusing anything.