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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 5:50 pm
Great steps forward, but as someone in training in the field of oncological pharmaceutics, I can't overstate the importance of being cautious and not giving in to sensationalism.
Quote:Of the 17 patients with cancer in the brain, lung, pancreas, prostate, colon, ovary and appendix, no one had a serious adverse event on BXQ-350. Seven patients lived at least three more months, and at least two even saw disease improvement. In Patient No. 1, the presentation noted, “measurable lesion reduction over time.”
I can only hope that the following phase II and phase III studies have similar results, but judging by what we currently know about cancer biology (and how it can literally evolve around a therapy) , my outlook is somewhat pessimistic.
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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 5:56 pm
If it pans out, it'll be great. Cancer that kills cancer. Sweet.
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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 5:57 pm
It's a potential big step forward.
But let's hope it's not just hype.
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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 6:13 pm
Cancer doesn't have a right to live?
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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 6:15 pm
(August 9, 2018 at 6:13 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Cancer doesn't have a right to live?
Not according to pro-lifers!
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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 6:27 pm
I heard about another cancer treatment from Dr. James tour dealing with nanomachines. The nano machines would be engineered to be attracted to and attach to cancer cells, at which point they would switch on a motor to drill into and destroy the cells.
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RE: Holy Shit!!!!
August 9, 2018 at 7:14 pm
Just had a horrid thought: What if this news is fakery put out by some US republican fat-cat politico to help his stock portfolio? Not like it hasn't happened before...
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