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Some good news in there though: "Treatment for this disease has become so effective that 80% of patients with metastatic testicular cancer can now be cured. Th
by ximeng 12y ago
Some good news in there though:
"Treatment for this disease has become so effective that 80% of patients with metastatic testicular cancer can now be cured. Thirty-five years ago, 95% of these patients died, usually within 1 year of diagnosis."
From idlewords' post it might sound like we've made no improvement, but instead it is more like slow and patchy improvement.
- idlewords 12y agoYeah for some specific cancers the progress has been incredible. But the dream that 'cancer' is one thing that can be cured has gone away. The point I wanted to stress was that our progress has been much more modest than many people imagine, given the amount of talk about revolutionary treatment and the power of modern medicine.