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That's one way of looking at the glass half empty.

If half of people get rid of cancer for 1 year that is still outstanding - ESPECIALLY if the majority of those remain cancer free for quite some time after.



> remain cancer free for quite some time after.

OS is more relevant than PFS


If we wanted patients to survive long term, then maybe we could try a treatment that doesn't destroy their immune system in the process.


Invent it and your grandchildren will retire rich.


There is no profit in curing anything, which is a big part o the shit we're in.

Treating it as the parasitic fungus it is would be a step in the right direction.


Genuinely one of the goofiest things people believe about the pharmaceuticals industry.


The most obvious, naive approach is banking blood & marrow prior to treatment. However, there's a need to clear metastatic cells (CTCs) or train the immune system to find and kill them so that it doesn't reintroduce CTCs upon retransfusion.




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