Ask HN: Will cancer treatments likely get better?

Re:Ask HN: Will cancer treatments likely get better? by curious_curios on Saturday January 04, 2025 @09:31AM (#42594847)

Undoubtedly yes, things will be much better 20-30 years in the future. There still might be several forms of cancer we don’t make much progress on, but there will be some that we completely crush.

The best results are with prevention. Earlier detection results in much easier and efficacious treatment. There are experimental blood and imaging tests covering large swaths of cancers now. There are also several promising vaccines that are eliminating some forms of cancer. For a recent example there’s the HPV one which has made great improvements for a whole generation.

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Re:Ask HN: Will cancer treatments likely get better? by gus_massa on Monday January 06, 2025 @10:00AM (#42611093)

The important part is that we are much better 20-30 years in the past. The problem is that there are small improvements here and there, so there is not a big new in the newspaper, just a (few?) more years of life in average.

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