I'm already skeptical with all these cancer research results being practical. One would say cancer is already curable when looking on the HN search results for cancer from the past 10+ years
Cancer might not be generally curable, but it is curable in the sense that many people survive cancer with treatment. And the increase of people who do survive is improving all the time.
I think that the gap is for people (like me) who don't understand what creating a medical treatment based in research looks like. I see a study like this and I think "oh great, they can just do this on people and then cancer is solved".
There's obviously a lot more complexity in applying research in practice, so it isn't that simple. Still, this kind of research clearly is leading to improvements in cancer care, even if it isn't completely cured every time.
benrutter|2 years ago
I think that the gap is for people (like me) who don't understand what creating a medical treatment based in research looks like. I see a study like this and I think "oh great, they can just do this on people and then cancer is solved".
There's obviously a lot more complexity in applying research in practice, so it isn't that simple. Still, this kind of research clearly is leading to improvements in cancer care, even if it isn't completely cured every time.