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Well, that’s depressing. According to this article cancer treatments haven’t advanced much in the past 30 years.

• steve_adams_86 4y ago
  The more you dig into it too, the more it seems that treatments we have are actually far inferior to what common perceptions would imply. Chemotherapy certainly saves some people for example, but meta analyses of cancer treatments show that on average… They dramatically reduce quality of life for shockingly low extensions of life. Again, chemotherapy really could save someone and extend their life by decades. In theory. But the average, not individual outcome is gut-wrenchingly dreary. Coupled with how expensive these treatments are, it seems like our common perceptions should be much different. But this is very subjective and dependent on one’s wealth and interests.
  • theGnuMe 4y ago
    These are expensive only because of profit taking at all levels. Cancer treatment could and should be cheaper.
• shock 4y ago
  I wonder about this, lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxUsAI29fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxUsAI29fw