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That's right. Chemotherapy is, sadly, a very primitive treatment. I regret we have spent so much money on cancer genomics, when some outsiders where trying to
by nextos 7y ago
That's right. Chemotherapy is, sadly, a very primitive treatment.
I regret we have spent so much money on cancer genomics, when some outsiders where trying to push for immunotherapies. Thankfully, that changed 3 or 4 years ago.
- jcims 7y agoCould you expand on the second half of your comment?
- imglorp 7y agoCut, burn, and poison: well practiced and sometimes effective but yeah it's horrific to experience and barbaric. I regret we aren't spending more on both genomics AND immunotherapies AND whatever else bears exploring.
- niketdesai 7y agoI am quite optimistic IO and cell based therapies will minimize these techniques. But there's more baking to be done before they can be rolled out. The "primitive" techniques can be quite reliable for specific cancer variants.
- russdill 7y agoSeeing the effect of chemotherapy in a pet though was mind blowing. Visible tumors disappeared over the course of weeks. Sadly she relapsed a few months later, but it's a very powerful class of drugs.
- timbit42 7y ago"We're dealing with medievalism here! ...Chemotherapy! ...Fundoscopic examinations!" - McCoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home