How is medical research on cancer going?

I'm just wondering if all that money we give to research centers is actually doing some good. What are the latest breakthroughs on the disease?

How is medical research on cancer going?
Every penny ever spent on or donated to cancer research has been an excellent investment. I was diagnosed, treated %26amp; cured of cancer using the now somewhat unpopular "scientific" approach of surgery %26amp; chemo. If twice as much had been spent, that would not have been too much to gain me the wonderful %26amp; unexpected gift of a few more years!





I personally believe that anyone who sincerely thinks there is a "conspiracy" should be barred from conventional medicine if/when then are diagnosed with cancer, LOL!
Reply:Right now we know that cancer is caused by a malformation in DNA. Not only this but we are now learning that is caused by these "caps" on the end of DNA that allow the DNA to duplicate more rapidly when the genetic code is altered. Right now there is definite progress. It is hard to explain in terms you'd understand, but I believe that there will be cures for many types of cancer within the next 10 years. Another problem is getting all of this new type of research approved by the FDA.


There is amazing new nanobot technology where robots the size of Red Blood Cells go through your body and can be assigned to attack different areas of your body which would be helpful in eliminating cancer without radiation, if it is still localized. Anyways hopefully that was helpful keep reading up on it read about DNA and you will find it easier to understand than I can explain.





:) Nate
Reply:excellent question.





I am not much of a conspiracy theorist, but there would be an awful lot of jobs lost if there were a cancer cure.
Reply:Let's just say I am very happy and lucky that the researchers all over the world are tough and dedicated to finding a cure.
Reply:If cancer research was sincere, there is much they could be doing to further the development of cancer treatments.





The underying problem is that the most promising developments are are being shown from naturally occurring products which cannot be patented and therefore not controlled by the pharmaceutical companies. If they see no profit then they are not interested. Research centres are usually funded by the Big Pharmas so most potential remedies never recieve the study they deserve.
Reply:Probably the biggest breakthrough has been that HPV vaccination which prevents cervical cancer. However I don't think enough money is put into prevention of this dreadful disease. We seem to accept that most women are going to get breast cancer. We seem to accept that many men will get prostate cancer. My mother got breast cancer in the early 70's and although they've improved treatment methods they haven't improved not getting cancer.
Reply:the answer to this is the money donated is being wasted all the time, Humans are not the same as animals yet research is always done on animals which as well as being cruel is a complete waste of time, once they are satisfied with the animal tests then they move on to humans. a lot of useful remidies could be lost because of this.





also think about this. what would the scientists do if they found a cure? they would put themselves out of work do they want to do this?

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