I’m not sure I agree that conservatism treatment by oncologists is holding back cancer cure. Maybe in some cases but in others… eg multi-drug regimes like FOLFI

I’m not sure I agree that conservatism treatment by oncologists is holding back cancer cure. Maybe in some cases but in others… eg multi-drug regimes like FOLFIRINOX, where cancer patients routinely choose hospice over treatment because of its toxicity and meager benefit. Or even more cutting edge drugs like ENHERTU, which has shown striking benefits for some, but something like 15% of patients have to be pulled off treatment due to intolerable toxicities, and twice that amount have serious adverse events and occasional patients die (“grade 5 to x”) I agree there is much work to do in cancer, and oncologist behavior is included in that. Simply getting more aggressive may help some but isn’t necessarily a magic bullet and has risks. (please pardon my emotional reaction to this) .