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Then why bother with immunotherapy at all if it's so expensive. After all it's been available for 130 years if google serves me right, and it still hasn't come

Then why bother with immunotherapy at all if it's so expensive. After all it's been available for 130 years if google serves me right, and it still hasn't come down in price besides being not very effective.

refurb 4y ago
It's been available for about a decade at this point. Why bother? That's a good question. I think the answer is "because 5% will be cured and another 20% will have some response which means they may live another few years." But the problem is, you won't know who benefits and who doesn't. So do you deny everyone a chance at a 5% cure of 20% chance of a longer life? No, you treat everyone and see what happens. The UK government put a price of ~25,000GBP per year of life (quality adjusted). So even if people are cured there is value in extending years of life.