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> I find it unlikely that any cure for cancer would be so specific that it would work on breast cancer only. Then allow me to introduce you to the world of per

> I find it unlikely that any cure for cancer would be so specific that it would work on breast cancer only. Then allow me to introduce you to the world of personalized cancer vaccines, that can even be targeted to a specific cancer of a specific patient. Here are some readings to get you started: - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41571-020-00460-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41571-020-00460-2 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33064988/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33064988/ - http://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aar7112 http://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aar7112 - http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nri.2017.131 http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nri.2017.131 - https://www.nature.com/articles/nature23003 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature23003

Blikkentrekker 6y ago
Nothing in any of the literature you've shown suggests that this could lead to a cure of one specific type of cancer. All the literature speaks of that this technique can be used to treat cancer in general, even though the treatment's nature itself relies on the specific properties of specific cancer cells as to not be as destructive as most treatments that exist today.
- blackbear_ 6y ago
  > Nothing in any of the literature you've shown suggests that this could lead to a cure of one specific type of cancer. These vaccines are based on neoantigens, which, quoting the abstract of one of those articles, "are highly specific to tumours of individual patients". The technique is generally applicable to several types of cancer, but the cure will be specific to only one type.
  - Blikkentrekker 6y ago
    Yes, but the technology and research will allow a cure to be developed for all types even though the cures that come from it themselves are quite specific. It still won't lead to developing a cure for only one type of cancer.

Blikkentrekker 6y ago

Nothing in any of the literature you've shown suggests that this could lead to a cure of one specific type of cancer. All the literature speaks of that this technique can be used to treat cancer in general, even though the treatment's nature itself relies on the specific properties of specific cancer cells as to not be as destructive as most treatments that exist today.

blackbear_ 6y ago
> Nothing in any of the literature you've shown suggests that this could lead to a cure of one specific type of cancer. These vaccines are based on neoantigens, which, quoting the abstract of one of those articles, "are highly specific to tumours of individual patients". The technique is generally applicable to several types of cancer, but the cure will be specific to only one type.
- Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  Yes, but the technology and research will allow a cure to be developed for all types even though the cures that come from it themselves are quite specific. It still won't lead to developing a cure for only one type of cancer.