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> which will lead to cancer care being concentrated in a handful of a few very large cancer specific institutions Wouldn't that be a good thing? Aren't special
by bobmaxup 4y ago
> which will lead to cancer care being concentrated in a handful of a few very large cancer specific institutions
Wouldn't that be a good thing? Aren't specialized hospitals better at treating things that they specialize in?
- ugh123 4y agoFrom what OP said, I doubt they'd be able to keep up with the additional load of patient care (admittance especially) so there could be long wait times. At some point, capabilities like this mature on the science end but are slowed down on technology (scaled manufacturing). That would take significant investment by a big pharma or a new venture-backed investment to go after things like this. Fingers cross this happens within my lifetime. From the article: >“This is a tremendously complicated manufacturing process,” says Joseph Fraietta, who designs T-cell cancer therapies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In some cases, the entire procedure took more than a year.
- dumbmrblah 4y agoGood for people with money, resources to know where to get the best treatment and live close by; bad for everyone else. Disclaimer: I work at a giant cancer institution.