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Re:Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs by bregma on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:25AM (#36504560)
Well obviously the enlightened consumer would simply choose not to have cancer when the price of treatment is too high or the supply too low, thus keeping everything in balance and the theory working perfectly. Ceteris paribus of course.
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Re:Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs by ethanbond on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:47AM (#36504701)
Indeed! ”Now let’s assume a perfectly spherical cancer patient…”
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Re:Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs by seventhson on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:28AM (#36505410)
"Ooo, the drugs for this cancer are cheap and plentiful. I'll choose this cancer for my terminal disease."
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Re:Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs by LordShredda on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:06PM (#36508490)
That's kind of the point of regular health check ups
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Re:Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs by jareklupinski on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:56PM (#36511726)
to be fair, it should be possible to study rates of cancer incidence for a given population and predict which drugs would be needed based on typical progression rates, with a national reserve of the ones that are less common to supply shortfalls as needed
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