This post is for people finding very new research hopeful. I know many can feel a fatigue for all the new things who has not yet gone through a phase 3, and I completely understand that. But I am one who gets comfort in reading up and coming research, making me a little more hopeful for having my father around longer.
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Thanks for posting. Lots of exciting stuff. Issue is we need to find a way of hanging around until some of this turns up. I hope that the parallel working that was adopted for the pandemic can speed approvals without compromising safety. Part of the problem is also the economic justification where they need several years of data to show survival benefit. But it is great that so many are working on it from different angles . Something will turn up!
“Astonishing advances” sounds a little over the top.
Fifty years ago, in 1971, the government launched a program popularly known as a "war on cancer". It didn't achieve very much and some cancer researchers were actually opposed to the program because, as the scientists said, there wasn't enough known about cancer to spend a lot of money on research. The money would be wasted and should be spent on other illnesses.
Today, as shown by the articles you posted, we have a plethora of information and ideas to motivate research. I'm optimistic that over the next fifty years, many cancers that are now incurable will become curable and not be a problem for our grandchildren.
Thanks. That was a good read. For the more current newer research out there, I am following BioNTech's Phase I trials for several different cancer types. Most people know this company as the Covid vaccine developer, but that was just a sideline to their real work using mRNA as an individualized cancer fighter. Not sure it the trials are being done anywhere beyond Germany. Here's a link if you're interested.
Thank you!!
I read some time ago that medical research is held up by not enough people volunteering for trials. What a shame. My experience in the UK is that when I have mentioned taking part in trials to my urologist, he doesn't seem very interested.
I agree that mRNA technology is one of the better pathways to curing PC. I pray they nail it soon. They are getting close.
Inspiring post there, I'm with you in wanting to know about new research , you really are the TopBanana in my book....err ...tree!
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Participating in clinical trials is so important.
TopBanana,Please keep them coming. I choose to believe that cure is coming. Like Aids, maybe not cure, but treatment that extends life for 30 years (or more).Optimism keeps me alive. Knowledge is power. The answers are out there. We just have to find the proper combination to put PCa into a coma for 30,40,50 years.
Mike
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