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OK, so is it like this: BEFORE: We remove 99%, the other 1% metastasizes, you live for six months AFTER: We remove 99%, this medicine stops the other 1% in it
by kogus 3y ago
OK, so is it like this:
BEFORE: We remove 99%, the other 1% metastasizes, you live for six months
AFTER: We remove 99%, this medicine stops the other 1% in its tracks, you live out the course of your life
?
- ars 3y agoSolid tumors that can be removed in a big chunk by surgery, are in a sense curable. The problem is individual cells might fall off and those cells will grow into new tumors in other spots. Immunotherapy will kill those cells. But if you tried immunotherapy to kill a big chunk of tumor the side effects might kill the patient - think never-ending fever and inflammation. See you do both, you do surgery to remove the bulk of the tumor, and immunotherapy to vacuum up any lone cells.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoThat'll still be poor outcomes for brain tumors whose position makes surgery impossible. If I'm not mistaken, also there are even a few that are just nearly impossible to cut... remember reading an account of one such that dulled a few dozen scalpels. The introduction of some new cutting tool at the time was encouraging.
- KaiserPro 3y agoits more: BEFORE: we remove 99% by surgery, try and get the rest by radiation. outcome poor. AFTER: we have proved that the immune system is attacking the tumour, this might remove the need for surgery, or means that they don't need to section as much around the tumour to be successful. Or it means that the brain gets attacked by the immune system.
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