Chris- Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I truly believe that to be true. Two stories from even the past two days: Small Study on Rectal Cancer Results in Remission in Every Patient - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The study was small, and experts say it needs to be replicated. But for 18 people with rectal cancer, the outcome led to “happy tears.” Enhertu Breast Cancer Drug Results in ‘Unheard-of’ Survival Rates - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM For some patients with metastatic tumors not significantly affected by other forms of chemotherapy, the treatment halted their cancer’s growth. The development of the COVID vaccines proved that with enough cash and willpower, you can notch incredible scientific developments in a relatively short amount of time. I think development toward true cures is on the precipice of exponential possibility. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I’m sorry you can’t post this on the Doom and Gloom forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 One of my dear friends died this past week after 3 years of rectal cancer. She was like another mother to me. She would be so happy for this to happen even though she didn’t live to see it herself. I really hate cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 We will definitely cure SOME types of cancer in 15 years but sadly doubt it will be ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Everyone I know of in my family has died of some form of cancer, and so I welcome this news GREATLY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Too bad humanity will be extinct within the next 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Seeing as how this is my industry now, I think 15 years is too optimistic. 10 years ago we were barely talking about immunotherapy. We were just starting to understand the extent to which cancer is a disease of the genome. Within the next 15 years we’ll have more and more affordable genomic sequencing which should help inform treatment research which will hopefully make a solid feedback loop. But I’d love to be wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I think mRNA cancer vaccines will be a game changer 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 The decoding/sequencing of the human genome will stand as the most significant event -- scientific or otherwise -- in the history of humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Let me know if they also discover a cure for obesity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This approved treatment method for SMA has cancer applications as well, though it beats the hell out of the liver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 My father passed from rectal cancer almost 10 years ago. It kinda irks me that that he couldn’t survive to see a cure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, marioandsonic said: Let me know if they also discover a cure for obesity Overweight people lost 35 to 52 pounds on newly approved diabetes drug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 4 hours ago, marioandsonic said: Let me know if they also discover a cure for obesity A new treatment for obesity - Harvard Health WWW.HEALTH.HARVARD.EDU A new medication for the treatment of obesity has been approved by the FDA, and it received significant media attention in the months leading up to its approval. A... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 5 hours ago, outsida said: Overweight people lost 35 to 52 pounds on newly approved diabetes drug 2 hours ago, Anathema- said: A new treatment for obesity - Harvard Health WWW.HEALTH.HARVARD.EDU A new medication for the treatment of obesity has been approved by the FDA, and it received significant media attention in the months leading up to its approval. A... Now let me know when it's cheap and readily available, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: Now let me know when it's cheap and readily available, lol There are several GLP-1 meds that induce weight loss. If you have insurance, Ozempic is usually only $25-$75 per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I don’t believe we can cure cancer is it’s a broad category of things and not just a thing. I do believe that treatment will get exponentially better though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 14 hours ago, sblfilms said: There are several GLP-1 meds that induce weight loss. If you have insurance, Ozempic is usually only $25-$75 per month. Medication is one of those areas that appears to be getting harder and harder to get results from because as more advanced technology keeps happening, ancient health care system are getting better and better at rejecting coverage for them. I literally cannot get a GLP-1 med approved, and my doctor has gone through the list of trying all of them. Because his office is horrible at paperwork, they avoid submitting preauthorization paperwork (because it's obviously SO hard), which means approval never even gets a chance to happen. My understanding is that this happens way too often because insurance companies just don't want to pay these out, and doctors just don't want to do the paperwork. I'd get a new doctor but I live in Texas, which means I'm lucky the homeless guy with a medical license is willing to take me on as a patient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 2 hours ago, brucoe said: Medication is one of those areas that appears to be getting harder and harder to get results from because as more advanced technology keeps happening, ancient health care system are getting better and better at rejecting coverage for them. I literally cannot get a GLP-1 med approved, and my doctor has gone through the list of trying all of them. Because his office is horrible at paperwork, they avoid submitting preauthorization paperwork (because it's obviously SO hard), which means approval never even gets a chance to happen. My understanding is that this happens way too often because insurance companies just don't want to pay these out, and doctors just don't want to do the paperwork. I'd get a new doctor but I live in Texas, which means I'm lucky the homeless guy with a medical license is willing to take me on as a patient. That’s wild. I take a low dose of a GLP-1 (for pancreas stimulation) and both my previous insurance company (Humana) and my new carrier (Community Health Choice) covered it without any pre-authorization required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, sblfilms said: That’s wild. I take a low dose of a GLP-1 (for pancreas stimulation) and both my previous insurance company (Humana) and my new carrier (Community Health Choice) covered it without any pre-authorization required. Unfortunately, the state of Texas's health insurance is as you would expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 minute ago, brucoe said: Unfortunately, the state of Texas's health insurance is as you would expect. Oh, yours is from the State directly? I actually switched us to a health insurance marketplace plan because non-marketplace individual insurance plans are bonkers expensive. Not that this is cheap, per se, but I pay about $450 a month for my coverage and just the GLP-1 medication would be $1200/month paying cash. You may want to check in to getting a marketplace plan, they do have subsidies spending on your income level that can further reduce cost and it may all be worth it to get access to the medication you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 My mom died of small-cell liver cancer about 3 days after she was diagnosed. Pretty sure that will never be curable. It's only been diagnosed in like 10 people ever because the illness goes from like "oh man, this is a particularly bad bout of the flu" to "oh shit I'm dead" so fast that no one knows what killed you, unless they autopsy you for some reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: My mom died of small-cell liver cancer about 3 days after she was diagnosed. Pretty sure that will never be curable. It's only been diagnosed in like 10 people ever because the illness goes from like "oh man, this is a particularly bad bout of the flu" to "oh shit I'm dead" so fast that no one knows what killed you, unless they autopsy you for some reason. This is all subject to change depending on lots of things such as where the science actually goes, reimbursement, risk, etc. But there is talk about blood tests as part of standard care / physicals that would look for things like circulating tumor DNA that could, in theory, catch stuff like this before people are symptomatic or it randomly gets spotted during imaging for something else. Who knows if we’ll end up there, but it’s possible. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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