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>It is impossible to treat cancer without killing cancer cells best treatment would be to find root cause and prevent cancer cells from growing in the first pl
by ren_engineer 5y ago
>It is impossible to treat cancer without killing cancer cells
best treatment would be to find root cause and prevent cancer cells from growing in the first place, I'd imagine gene therapy will one day be used to help with this.
Early detection would also drastically improve outcomes
- folli 5y agoThat's the problem: there's no single root cause to cancer. Every cancer type has an additional dozen subtypes with different causes. It's a mess.
- LinuxBender 5y agoI find this video [1] interesting as it pertains to the root cause of cancer. Compelling theories anyway. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06e-PwhmSq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06e-PwhmSq8 [video]
- s1artibartfast 5y agoPrevention /= treatment, but I agree prevention is good too. The HPV vaccine is a great example of this, reducing one's chance of cervical cancer by up to 99%, depending on the source