5 ms·
it’s not like people aren’t trying. it’s just a real bastard of a disease.
by hprotagonist 9y ago
it’s not like people aren’t trying. it’s just a real bastard of a disease.
- melling 9y agoI didn’t say people weren’t trying. I was asking for more research. Pancreatic cancer is not generously funded. Most would argue that it’s underfunded. https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/cancer-funding-does-it-add-up/ https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/cancer-funding-doe... https://www.cancer.org/research/currently-funded-cancer-research/grants-by-cancer-type.html https://www.cancer.org/research/currently-funded-cancer-rese...
- gone35 9y agoIt's not just funding. For one, the dynamics of the known molecular pathways involved are complex [1], and so far non-trivial to manipulate. Furthermore, even with an actionable mechanism, targeting the tumor itself is highly non-trivial, due to physiology alone. (See e.g. [2]). [1] http://www.jcancer.org/v07p1497.htm http://www.jcancer.org/v07p1497.htm [2] http://www.nature.com/articles/nrclinonc.2016.119 http://www.nature.com/articles/nrclinonc.2016.119