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captainjackass28 t1_jd4vfbp wrote

Reply to comment by JamesIgnatius27 in Promising pill completely eliminates cancer in 18 leukaemia patients by mancinedinburgh

Basically a clickbait article. It’s a nice thing to have developed but no cure.

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JamesIgnatius27 t1_jd4yli4 wrote

It's always that way.

As a scientist, we work extremely hard only to be undermined by reporters who cause the public to lose faith in scientists.

Scientist: Our clinical trial for a new therapy saw 18 of 60 patients get complete remission. We would have expected about 6 of 60, so this is an improvement.

Clickbait article: New therapy sees cancer VANISH in 18 patients.

Scientist: 😥

Public: OMG HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD "SCIENTIST CURES CANCER" ITS ALL LIES AND BULLSHIT

Scientist: 😞

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captainjackass28 t1_jd4zfzv wrote

Yeah shitty reporting has basically destroyed science especially now that nobody reads beyond a headline. Scientists are the unsung heroes of the modern world.

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1pt20oneggigawatts t1_jd5fckl wrote

As a critical thinker, I've seen enough of these articles to be jaded and not take them seriously. If it's real, it will pass shitty internet article and at least get to TV. For instance, the fifth person cured of AIDS in history just recently happened.

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IFuckingShitMyPants t1_jd5m7m9 wrote

Wait, really?

How'd they do it? I thought it was terminal

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fiendishrabbit t1_jd5rw77 wrote

It's uncurable, but I wouldn't call it terminal. Given that the treatment will reverse AIDS into HIV and where almost all HIV carriers* will die of something entirely unrelated to them being HIV carriers.

*In countries with reliable medical care.

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minuteman_d t1_jd4yk37 wrote

It doesn't seem like that - the numbers still seem really good if YOU had that one special type of cancer, it would mean that you had a significantly better chance with this treatment.

I don't think that a cancer cure will come in the form of one treatment for ALL (which would be very nice), but it's going to be attacking specific forms and variations.

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Pjpjpjpjpj t1_jd5jkm3 wrote

>It’s a nice thing to have developed but no cure

Narrator: The pill literally cured cancer in 30% of patients.

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captainjackass28 t1_jd5utvt wrote

A very specific form of it for people in very specific circumstances. Obviously you didn’t read the article.

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Pjpjpjpjpj t1_jd5vzp4 wrote

I read every word of it, and several other write ups on it.

There is no treatment on earth that cures every form of cancer.

Every cancer treatment is for specific types of cancer.

This treatment results in complete remission with no need for bone marrow transplant in 30% of patients. And another chunk of patients have complete remission but still require a transplant. It is a cure for 1/3 of people with this type of cancer.

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