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It is hard to believe that there isn't enough money in it. Breast cancer has a thriving industry of surgeries to remove the cancers plus reconstruction surgery
by cfn 6y ago
It is hard to believe that there isn't enough money in it. Breast cancer has a thriving industry of surgeries to remove the cancers plus reconstruction surgery plus a number of treatments associated with these surgeries. They easily run into the tens of thousands of euros a pop (if you go private in Europe, I suppose higher in the US).
- gadf 6y agoI suppose you're right. But I don't necessarily think that's evidence against what I'm saying in fact I think it speaks to what I'm saying which is that curing is inherently not that profitable so there's an incentive to kind of spring up a variety and a proliferation of industries around that so that now you have you know all sorts of support services for you know remission stage or cured breast cancer survivors. I'm pretty sure that's interacting with the fact that a surgery that completely removes and cures the cancer is probably cheaper than a long-term treatment option.