‘Trojan horse’ drug treated British patients with six different forms of cancer

Re:‘Trojan horse’ drug treated British patients with six dif... by alex_duf on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:50AM (#19127430)

I have no frame of reference, is 25% ish success rate a good thing?

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Re:‘Trojan horse’ drug treated British patients with six dif... by projektfu on Sunday February 10, 2019 @07:11AM (#19127483)

Success rates in cancer are usually broken down by type of response (complete, partial, no growth, no response) and stage. It would have been helpful for the article to say what stage was being treated and compare the response rates in that stage to the best available treatment. For some cancers, 80-100% rate of complete response is currently achievable. Some are at 0%.

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Re:‘Trojan horse’ drug treated British patients with six dif... by constantlm on Sunday February 10, 2019 @07:12AM (#19127487)

>their illness was well advanced and considered untreatable

Seems the 25% is up from a perceived 0% possible success rate.

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