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Cancer breakthroughs
Posted on 2/11/25 at 8:56 am
Posted on 2/11/25 at 8:56 am
Recently lost a friend to cancer and not gonna lie, it majorly bummed me out. Like I usually do with anything, it sent me down a wormhole of information but this time (and not withstanding my loss) I'm feeling a little more positive about where the future leads. For all of you who are struggling with it, I think there's more hope on the horizon.. but reasons to be more positive than ever before.
Obviously they always throw radiation and chemo at the problems, but immunotherapy, precision medicine, CAT-T cell therapy seem to be having some interesting breakthrough's of late. I recently had a physical and during the labs, I was curious as to why they can't find cancer in your blood. Turns out they sort of can with these liquid biopsies. Why they don't screen it along with all the other shite they're looking for, I'm not sure. I guess cost.. But hopefully we're moving to that being kind of routine.
The five year survival rate has risen dramatically. Some childhood leukemias and certain breast cancers are sporting almost a 90% rate. And AI-driven drug discoveries are making it more manageable... even curable than ever before.
Any OT oncologists here? Or others who are more knowledgeable on the subject, give me more reasons to be positive. How far are we away from making cancer less of a big deal?
Obviously they always throw radiation and chemo at the problems, but immunotherapy, precision medicine, CAT-T cell therapy seem to be having some interesting breakthrough's of late. I recently had a physical and during the labs, I was curious as to why they can't find cancer in your blood. Turns out they sort of can with these liquid biopsies. Why they don't screen it along with all the other shite they're looking for, I'm not sure. I guess cost.. But hopefully we're moving to that being kind of routine.
The five year survival rate has risen dramatically. Some childhood leukemias and certain breast cancers are sporting almost a 90% rate. And AI-driven drug discoveries are making it more manageable... even curable than ever before.
Any OT oncologists here? Or others who are more knowledgeable on the subject, give me more reasons to be positive. How far are we away from making cancer less of a big deal?
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Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:03 am to Giantkiller
It certainly sucks and quite literally drains the life out of someone. My dad has had chronic longterm leukemia for a while now, and he's starting to run into complications. Blood & platelet transfusions, frequent trips to the ER, catching every little illness out there. He finally got referred to MD Anderson and is going there today actually.
On the topic, I am not fully convinced that big pharma is not holding back cancer research.
On the topic, I am not fully convinced that big pharma is not holding back cancer research.
This post was edited on 2/11/25 at 9:06 am
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:08 am to Giantkiller
I'm hopeful that with the advancement of AI there with be vast improvements in treatment available.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:10 am to jdd48
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He finally got referred to MD Anderson and is going there today actually.
Good for your dad. Honestly I think that's the best place on planet earth when you have the Big C. I know people who have been treated there and are in remission today.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:13 am to Foreskinski
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I'm hopeful that with the advancement of AI there with be vast improvements in treatment available.
Honestly that was what kind of got me a little more hopeful. I've personally been using the absolute shite out of ChatGPT... for like, everything. I use it to manage things, answer questions, talk about banal and completely irrelevant bullshite, etc.
I keep going back to how incredibly advanced it's gotten in just the past few years. Obviously nobody wants SkyNet to become self-aware or anything, but I think it has the ability to solve more problems our world has been facing than anything before it. It's amazing and thinks in completely different ways than humans do.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:13 am to Giantkiller
My daughter had adrenaline cancer, very rare type. MD Anderson couldn't save her.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:16 am to Giantkiller
OT plant operators/medical experts will be here soon to tell you they arent looking for cures because no money in cures
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:17 am to VernonPLSUfan
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My daughter had adrenaline cancer, very rare type. MD Anderson couldn't save her.
I'm so sorry, man. My own mortality plays a part in going down these wormholes but part of the reasons I dig so deep is in the hopes of saving my own family members from it one day. I'm praying for you. These advancements come as little relief to those who have lost so much already.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:18 am to VernonPLSUfan
I’m sorry to hear about your daughter. I think common cancers are showing a lot of progress but there’s still a ways to go for rarer cancers. I do worry about how it’s going to be funded in the future though.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:23 am to dyslexiateechur
My father died of cancer back in 69. Couldn't operate, cause of where it was. I believe with the way cancer treatment has progressed, he would have survived, maybe not a long life, but a few more years.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:26 am to VernonPLSUfan
I lost my mom in April 2024 to radiation induced sarcoma. We spent a lot of time at MDA. Her cancer was so rare they wanted to study her but she wasn’t strong enough to go through all the testing and journaling they wanted.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:26 am to Giantkiller
Smoking causes cancer
Alcohol causes cancer
Eliminate these two from your life is a good start.
Alcohol causes cancer
Eliminate these two from your life is a good start.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:28 am to Giantkiller
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:31 am to VernonPLSUfan
so incredibly sorry for you
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:32 am to Giantkiller
According to a crazy relative of mine cancer isn't real and it's all big pharma making money off of treatment.
Ivermectin will get rid of cancer because cancer is just a parasite.
Ivermectin will get rid of cancer because cancer is just a parasite.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:35 am to Giantkiller
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Why they don't screen it along with all the other shite they're looking for, I'm not sure. I guess cost..
So they can keep you with cancer
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:39 am to BoogaBear
Recently watched Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix and it’s pretty much a big warning story on how alternative medicines are bullshite when it comes to cancer. I think this is mostly true but I’m also not naive enough to think big pharma has our best interest in mind when it comes to cancer treatment
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:52 am to Giantkiller
My brother went through chemo and it did some good, but the cancer came back, and he is currently going through immunotherapy with very good results so far.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:57 am to cfish140
My oncologist....for prostate cancer...on my first evaluation told me to go back & look at all the patients in the waiting room. 90+ % were smokers, 80+% were overweight . He said cancer attacks the body's cells & if the cells were already weak, cancer has a running start on attacking the body. He said with me being in such "great shape" I was adding 5+ years to my life expectancy. Going on 7+ years now post radiation treatment....get in shape early.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 9:59 am to Keltic Tiger
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My oncologist....for prostate cancer...on my first evaluation told me to go back & look at all the patients in the waiting room. 90+ % were smokers, 80+% were overweight . He said cancer attacks the body's cells & if the cells were already weak, cancer has a running start on attacking the body. He said with me being in such "great shape" I was adding 5+ years to my life expectancy. Going on 7+ years now post radiation treatment....get in shape early.
Good on you.
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer out of the blue at 34. No family history, in great health etc. Total shock. That was six years ago now and so far so good but man talk about a life changing moment. WIth all the problems tech advancement has brought the world it's good to see it doing some good in the medical field. The treatment my wife got was night and day to how they treated breast cancer in the 90s.
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