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Re:First U.S. use of CRISPR to directly target cancer seeks ... by bufferoverflow on Thursday June 13, 2019 @05:37AM (#20173072)
There's a LOT of effort going into cancer research. It's just cancer is not one thing. It's not like HIV. There are many many different types of cancers, and they are currently treated and diagnosed differently. They are expressed differently. Many cancers are extremely treatable now thanks to research (testicular cancer >98% survival rate), while others are not at all (<1% for pancreatic).
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Re:First U.S. use of CRISPR to directly target cancer seeks ... by ekianjo on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:50AM (#20173486)
main problem with pancreatic cancer is lack of detection. Virtually no symptoms or markers until very late stage.
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Re:First U.S. use of CRISPR to directly target cancer seeks ... by tyingq on Thursday June 13, 2019 @07:39AM (#20173760)
That's true, though the five year survival rate is still pretty dismal (34%) if they find the pancreatic cancer early, when it is still localized.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/detection-di...

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