Re:'Cancer-killing pill' is now being tested on humans
by Turing_Machine on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @11:24AM
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> A Phase 1 trial is used to determine if a treatment is safe and to determine the maximum dosing.
There are also nuances here. A drug that's effective against some type of cancer can be deemed safe (or at least safe enough) even if it has truly horrific and/or dangerous side effects, because it's cancer, while a drug with the same safety profile would never be approved for, say, athlete's foot.
There are also nuances here. A drug that's effective against some type of cancer can be deemed safe (or at least safe enough) even if it has truly horrific and/or dangerous side effects, because it's cancer, while a drug with the same safety profile would never be approved for, say, athlete's foot.