Interesting article regarding blood cancer treatments

[jimb7174]

bbc.co.uk/news/health-48706822

Clearly it doesn’t state MPNs, but perhaps there is a chance in the future something like this could be used.

[Aneliv9]

Wow very intersting. I start to believe that the cure for cancer is within us. The price though!? Do you think that is going to stay so high??

[DJW1 in reply to Aneliv9]

The first myeloid panel tests (the chromosome test that all mpn patients should do) cost in excess of $100k when they were first developed. They are now under $1k, just a few years later. All new medicine is expensive at first.

[amhann]

Hi jimb - thanks so much for this post (I have a rare lymphoma along with my ET + I can now have this post in my ‘arsenal’ if needs be should it decide to escalate - I don’t hold my breath that haems necessarily keep up with these developments unless they are specialists)!

[Aneliv9 in reply to amhann]

Could you please let me know if CAR-T therapy that is so expensive is free for patients?? I live in Europe,so i cant undrstand what a patient is going to pay for this therapy... Is it free ???