Submitted by Sorin61 t3_z563cl in technology
Dizzy-Promise-1257 t1_ixy8oll wrote
Reply to comment by HeebieMcJeeberson in Brain cancer vaccine succeeds at prolonging survival in Phase 3 trial by Sorin61
Is there nothing they can do for now, seeing as it’s been nearly 2 decades, to improve quality of life?
HeebieMcJeeberson t1_ixy9l4s wrote
You mean for new patients or my daughter? She had the worst consequences they'd ever seen at Seattle Children's Hospital, so her case was an outlier. She was actually lucky to survive - her chances were about 50/50 at the time, but she got into a study for an experimental treatment using a small dosage of a breast cancer drug they thought would make the radiation treatments more effective. This turned out so well 17 ojut of the 18 kids in the study survived. Big improvement over 50/50. But as far as her quality of life now, she's getting the benefit of modern science, checking in with endocrinologists and taking various meds. But the damage has already been done. Fuck cancer.
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