7 ms·
Chemo helps breast cancer cells get their ‘foot in the door’ to the lungs
- subsaharancoder 5y agoI thought mice studies don't directly translate to humans..
- Kaibeezy 5y agoDoes chemotherapy affect normal cells in such a way that they will turn around and help cancer cells? The answer is yes. Oof, that's a horror. Can someone with knowledge in this area explain why this isn't the end of chemo?
- geoffjentry 5y agoBecause the patient would still wind up living longer than they would have otherwise. Would you rather die of cancer in six months or from a different cancer 10 years from now? Many people would prefer the latter.
- tata71 5y agoSure the numbers will come out like that?
- Kaibeezy 5y agoAh, of course, there would be a delay. Would a lag of several years be common, or could be much shorter / longer?
- geoffjentry 5y agoIt's not that straightforward. One thing to consider though is that 5 year survival is often used as a measuring stick on treatments in cancer. So events within those 5 years would count against the treatment.
- pvaldes 5y agoNot better alternatives, even if it has been the direct cause of death in some patients with rare genetics. Not everybody is able to stand it
- tata71 5y agoTHC isn't a better alternative? This won't age well.
- pvaldes 5y ago"Random X cures cancer. Nobody has been able to prove it in a lab but is just because there is a big pharma conspiracy" I had heard that reasoning ten times before with ten different X. If science was so simple as wishing for it...