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grifpete | 11 years ago

Are you sure you are right about this form of treatment being a non-starter for solid tumors? It seems that researchers are making progress in this area. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breaking-down-cancers-def...

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pak|11 years ago

Honestly, I hope for the best, but even if you find a way to break down the walling mechanisms of one cancer, a hundred will spring up to take its place. Leukocyte extravasation and infiltration is an intensely complicated process and has many more failure scenarios than working scenarios. It's akin to a cop on foot trying to get into a rock concert, find one wanted man in the crowd, and get out, all without stopping the performance. (Since this is cancer, the bad guy can also clone himself every few minutes and have his clone try a different strategy.) Every cancer will evolve to find yet another of the failure scenarios.