cancer research

[joeoconnell]

i suppose you have noticed, everything ends with " Further research is needed "

[pjoshea13]

Edward Giovannucci jump-started the PCa-Lycopene industry in 1995 [1] & a PubMed search reveals 42 papers for <Giovannucci Lycopene>.

A topic like that is a Godsend when carving out a research career. Pretty soon there were international symposia & even a conference where naysayers were invited. & all along, there was a call for more research. Which I loosly interpret as "Give me more money to continue this important work."

For a PCa patient, what seemed clear in 1995 has become muddied over time. With 452 PubMed hits for <prostate lycopene>, we are still waiting for the definitive study.

Edward is no longer a young man. I hope that in the final year before retirement, he will bring closure to Lycopene & a dozen other topics. All the balls he has been keeping in the air for so long. LOL

Actually, I am full of admiration for the man. His papers show rare care & subtlety. One could learn much about lycopene by reading only his papers, but I suppose that would be cherry-picking.

-Patrick

[1] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/747...

[miki23 in reply to pjoshea13]

thank u

[BrentW]

I am an academic. I have published >60 papers in my career. These have followed three major "lines of research", as we academics call them.

In each line, every paper I have written has raised more questions that I would like to answer. At the time of publication I could, however, answer them with the material and data then available. I have had to wait until such data came along (which, yes, might have involved the provision of more money to aid in getting the data, but that is not always so). Thus, it has been fairly standard for me to end with some form of "more research is needed".

My latest submission, me knowing that PCa is bringing me towards the end of my research career, states more plaintively: "The data presented here suggest that there is considerable tectonic and palaeoceanographic complexity in the SE Caribbean region. I look forward to seeing further studies exploring this intricacy."

This explicitly expresses the hope that somebody somewhere will continue the work I have started. Perhaps the people making the comment regarding their own research on cancer feel the same way.

[joeoconnell in reply to BrentW]

that in deed must be frustrating to you and other scientist. i can see that and understand where you are coming from. hope you can understand how frustrating my position is, when i hear something that sounds promising and the statement above appears over and over again

[BrentW in reply to BrentW]

Oops. Sorry. That should have read: 'At the time of publication I could NOT, however, answer them with the material and data then available.' I blame the drugs for such errors, but they might, of course, simply be a matter of age.

[j-o-h-n]

NO I haven't noticed but now that you mention it I think more research is needed on my part.

j-o-h-n Friday 10/20/2017 5:30 PM EST

[Dr_WHO]

That is how research is supposed to work. In the process of doing your research there are always questions and new lines of research that arise. In addition you have to monitor it over time to see if something unexpected comes up. I was the senior research scientist for an international chemical company. In that capacity I had over 120 issued US patents. In every case the phrase: “more research is needed”; was appropriate.

[BigRich]

The Greeks were researching cancer approximately 3000 years ago; however, they called it by another name in ancient greek.

Rich