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re: Cancer breakthroughs
Posted on 6/3/25 at 11:56 am to dyslexiateechur
Posted on 6/3/25 at 11:56 am to dyslexiateechur
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I remember you donated for mom.
Yes, I too remember.
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Posted on 6/3/25 at 1:08 pm to E Pluribus Unum
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Thyroid cancer has a 90%+ general survival rate
My best friend is nearly a 20 year survivor.
Only thing is her weight has suffered.
This post was edited on 6/3/25 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 6/3/25 at 1:19 pm to cfish140
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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 agree that I wouldn’t want my family going with a holistic treatment approach for cancer, but as has been mentioned it’s highly likely that things such as reducing or eliminating processed sugar, eating lean protein, not smoking and avoiding processed vegetable oils both greatly reduce your cancer risk profile and enhance the bodies ability to fight off cancer when you get a positive diagnosis.
Posted on 6/3/25 at 1:25 pm to LSUA 75
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It was sold to Astra Zeneca.
Further research by Cambridge University found that olaparib combined with chemotherapy drugs had a100% cure rate for BRCA related breast cancer.
It’s likely to be a blockbuster drug for Astra Zeneca but how much R&D dollars do they have invested?
AZ paid and is still paying 100s of millions of dollars for research on olaparib, although most of the money is now diverted to selective PARP inhibitors. Just me personally, I have seen over $20million received from AZ at single site for olaparib trials. Now that you have this new information, are you gonna go do the math on the total number of sites that participated in the dozens of olaparib trials that were funded solely by AZ?
In my opinion, you know very little if anything about how developmental cancer therapeutics actually are financed.
This post was edited on 6/3/25 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 6/3/25 at 1:29 pm to tide06
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I agree that I wouldn’t want my family going with a holistic treatment approach for cancer, but as has been mentioned it’s highly likely that things such as reducing or eliminating processed sugar, eating lean protein, not smoking and avoiding processed vegetable oils both greatly reduce your cancer risk profile and enhance the bodies ability to fight off cancer when you get a positive diagnosis.
You know what has a direct correlation to increased cancer risk? Being fat. Look around. Its not as complicated as people make it out to be.
Posted on 6/3/25 at 1:37 pm to guedeaux
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You know what has a direct correlation to increased cancer risk? Being fat
Well I agree, but if someone avoided the things I just mentioned the odds are pretty good you wouldn’t be fat.
But fat from being stuffed to the gills on processed food, pre-diabetic from sugar intake and sitting on the couch all day is a really good way to guarantee you’ll be at the doctor for something before long.
Posted on 6/3/25 at 1:54 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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My daughter had adrenaline cancer, very rare type. MD Anderson couldn't save her.
That’s very sad. I’m sorry.
Posted on 6/3/25 at 2:19 pm to 632627
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It's a shame when the PT cretins infiltrate what should be a good conversation on the OT board.
Never fails.
That place has a collective IQ of 75.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 3:08 pm to Lexis Dad
Sorry to bump an old one, but my dad came home this weekend. He was administered CAR-T treatment as part of a clinical trial. It really is an interesting treatment... it's literally bio-engineering of T cells. His first 2 weeks were hellacious. Very high fevers and extreme weakness. He ended up spending about 35 days there and is now home. A bone marrow biopsy was done the night before his discharge, and no signs of cancer were found. It won't be until September or October until he finds out if he is fully in remission, but so far it looks promising. 
Posted on 8/3/25 at 3:19 pm to jdd48
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On the topic, I am not fully convinced that big pharma is not holding back cancer research.
It’s a whole lot more profitable to sell treatment to symptoms versus cure the problem. fricked up world we live in
Posted on 8/3/25 at 3:53 pm to MasterAbe1
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It’s a whole lot more profitable to sell treatment to symptoms versus cure the problem. fricked up world we live in
I'll be glad to admit I was clearly wrong on that. Maybe it was just frustration and all that with my dad's condition, but after researching it much more, I realized was pretty much talking out my arse.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 4:14 pm to Giantkiller
Apparently this is a thing in some countries. Something about venom killing cancer cells.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 4:20 pm to jdd48
This is great to hear. Any idea what the drug or treatment was called?
Posted on 8/3/25 at 4:32 pm to Good Ole Baw
It was CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor) treatment. They filter out T-cells from the blood, and then send them off to a lab that genetically modifies them to be able to be able to better identify the specific cancer cells that are in the patient's body. Then they allow those T-cells to multiply into the millions, and inject them back into the patient. The modified T-cells then go around killing cancer cells in the body.
It's not without major side effects, but it's been one of the newer breakthrough treatments in the past few years. Currently CAR-T is pretty effective for blood cancers, but they're also trying to modify it to be able to combat solid mass tumors.
It's not without major side effects, but it's been one of the newer breakthrough treatments in the past few years. Currently CAR-T is pretty effective for blood cancers, but they're also trying to modify it to be able to combat solid mass tumors.
This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 8/3/25 at 4:54 pm to WigSplitta22
You got 4 upvotes.
Assuming you upvoted your own post, there are at least 3 other half-wits that post here.
Hopefully none of you reproduce
Assuming you upvoted your own post, there are at least 3 other half-wits that post here.
Hopefully none of you reproduce
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:03 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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My daughter had adrenaline cancer, very rare type. MD Anderson couldn't save her.
My SIL had Triple Negative non hormonal Breast cancer. When she was diagnosed several friends and family including me recommended she go to MD Anderson because of all the miracles we hear about from others that come out of there. I have never seen anyone so devastated when she came back the same day. My brother, his wife (patient), and her sister went there for a consult and they all said the just about laughed at them and asked them why they came there. Not the answer they were expecting.
It took 9 yrs but she finally succombed to the disease. She had a radical double mastectomy, radiation, and traditional chemo. She got about 4 yrs of survival out of before it returned. At that point she got put into study after study of new drugs but the harsh reality is that eventually they quit giving them to you because your study is over. Also a lot of these drugs show early promise only to fade effectiveness later on.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:04 pm to GetmorewithLes
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they all said the just about laughed at them and asked them why they came there.
Huh? This makes no sense on all kinds of different levels.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:51 pm to GetmorewithLes
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This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:00 pm to Giantkiller
Diet, lifestyle and genetics are the major factors.
Cancer treatment is big business, pays not find a cure.
MD Anderson is also in the business to make money. They love to tout their treatment survival rate, but they won’t tell you if their treatment is not working they cut you from the program before you die to not negatively affect their numbers.
Cancer treatment is big business, pays not find a cure.
MD Anderson is also in the business to make money. They love to tout their treatment survival rate, but they won’t tell you if their treatment is not working they cut you from the program before you die to not negatively affect their numbers.
This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:08 pm to Oates Mustache
B/C it isnt true
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