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I didn't mean his disease. I meant cancer treatment in general. When I said he was lucky I meant he was lucky given his diagnosis. And yes, I'm aware there a
by tsotha 12y ago
I didn't mean his disease. I meant cancer treatment in general. When I said he was lucky I meant he was lucky given his diagnosis.
And yes, I'm aware there are curable cancers. Hell, there are skin cancers that have never been particularly dangerous. But the number of types that used to be deadly that we can now cure is a drop in the bucket. Like I said - four months. In the vast majority of cases we can keep you alive for a few months longer. Otherwise it may as well be 1970.
- wdewind 12y ago> Like I said - four months. In the vast majority of cases we can keep you alive for a few months longer. Can you cite this? I suspect it's an average, and thus not very useful. (Ie: some people are living a lot longer, enough to drive the overall average up 4 months, not most people are living 4 months longer).
- tsotha 12y agoIt's from this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography/dp/1439170916 http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography/dp/... Highly recommended reading, BTW, though it's a bit depressing. For the average to go up only four months either we're doing really well against a tiny percentage of cancers or we're doing generally a tiny bit better against most cancers. Or some combination of the two. Either way you look at it that's an indication of lack of progress.