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Unlikely, because cancer is not one thing but many. Each kind of cancer behaves differently, is susceptible to different treatments. And I once read an article
by brazzy 13y ago
Unlikely, because cancer is not one thing but many. Each kind of cancer behaves differently, is susceptible to different treatments. And I once read an article about a genetic analysis that found dozens of completely different strains of cells in a single tumor.
- groupthinker 13y agoCancer is a catch-all term for "molecular machinery run amok". The root causes are myriad.
- throwaway9848 13y agohttp://www.esquire.com/features/patient-zero-1213 http://www.esquire.com/features/patient-zero-1213 gives a pretty good feel for the challenges in treating cancer.
- jamesrcole 13y agoThere's lots of different types of diseases. That says nothing about the odds of (at some point) coming up with a treatment for any one of them
- brazzy 13y agoThe point is: cancer is really a whole family of diseases, and it's really unlikely that a single treatment will work on all of them.
- melling 13y agoThat's pretty well known at this point. That doesn't mean the problem(s) can't be solved. Early detection, and identifying exactly what type of cancer a person has would have a lot of value, for example.
- jamesrcole 13y agonobody said anything about a single treatment.
- jroseattle 13y agoDetails notwithstanding, I still want to hack it -- to pieces.