TOMapleLaughs Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Can't post a poll right now, not sure if this is white noise either, but just wondering what cdc thoughts are on this. I think it's possible. Technology is advancing at an exponential rate. Nano robots made from dna are being used to treat a leukaemia patient in a few months. It's seems that every week reveals new hope for treatment. So is cancer bye bye in our lifetimes? Link to comment
Erik Karlsson Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 If it makes them more money than the treatments right now, yes, if not, no. Link to comment
JiffyPB Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Cancer is very difficult to target and expensive to make. You could make something that is very effective against cancer, but it could also be somewhat toxic for you and that means the drug is a no-go. A drug company will not make any drug that will not make 2 billion dollars. It takes 1-1.3 billion to get most drugs created, approved and on the market. The company then has a small window to make back that investment made and make a profit before the patents expire and anyone can make the drug. This is why drug companies are looking for the next Viagra, not the a cancer cure. A Viagra would involve less investment and make significantly more money. A cancer cure would require so much money to make that it may not even break even. The sad reality is there very well may be a cure out there, but it just requires way to much money to put into production. Link to comment
-AJ- Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 The sad reality is there very well may be a cure out there, but it just requires way to much money to put into production. This. I suspect a cure might already be out there, but there's just no way to make it financially feasible. Link to comment
YEGCanuck Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 You would think with the trillions of dollars that have been given in the name of a cure for cancer you would think we must be getting close to the desired outcome. With the utmost respect, it is almost as if it is a global business that some people treat as full time job. Their ultimate goal should be to put themselves out of business. Link to comment
RonMexico Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Cancer is very difficult to target and expensive to make. You could make something that is very effective against cancer, but it could also be somewhat toxic for you and that means the drug is a no-go. A drug company will not make any drug that will not make 2 billion dollars. It takes 1-1.3 billion to get most drugs created, approved and on the market. The company then has a small window to make back that investment made and make a profit before the patents expire and anyone can make the drug. This is why drug companies are looking for the next Viagra, not the a cancer cure. A Viagra would involve less investment and make significantly more money. A cancer cure would require so much money to make that it may not even break even. The sad reality is there very well may be a cure out there, but it just requires way to much money to put into production. The thing is, most drugs don't really cure anything. They just mask/eliminate the symptoms and make you feel better or swap your current symptoms with other scary sounding ones. This can extend your life by many years but eventually you will succumb to the illness you have. At the risk of sound like some conspiracy nut, I fully believe there is no profit in curing anything. I sincerely hope there is a cure for cancer in the works but I doubt I see it in my lifetime. What is more startling is the amount of money donated for every type of cancer and it seems like the only tried and true method is to cut it out, give you a toxic cocktail and radiation (such irony). Link to comment
RonMexico Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 This. I suspect a cure might already be out there, but there's just no way to make it financially feasible. So make it free and end the suffering already. Link to comment
canuktravella Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 in all reality the government and medical corporations have a cure but they are so greedy that theyd never give it to the public much to much money. selling drugs to people eat healthy dont smoke stay away from pesticides and harsh chemicals you are lot less likely to get cancer. It also doesnt help that round up is in the air we breathe or that japan is leaking 3000 tons of radiated water into the pacific everyday or that our oceans are garbage dumps of plastic and mercury and pcps Link to comment
canuktravella Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 thats why my 11 yr old niece finished 2 yrs of chemo last yr at least she hopefully beat it Link to comment
thejazz97 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Reported cancer cure found by Alberta doctors, here's the snopes article: http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/cancercure.asp Link to comment
woot Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Cancer will not likely be cured in our lifetimes, because 'cancer' isn't really a single disease. 'Cancer' is the malignant proliferation of tissue in the body, usually caused by genetic damage (from UV rays, so-called 'free radicals,' etc.) In any form it is very hard to treat; antibiotics don't work, since it's not a bacterial infection, it can't be vaccinated against, because it's not usually caused by a virus, etc. It can only be cured by poisoning, excising, or amputating the malignant tissue - currently by local radiotherapy, which kills cancer cells by blasting them (and the surrounding tissue) with x-rays, chemotherapy, which essentially poisons the patient with a kind of toxin that kills cells that rapidly reproduce, or excision surgery/amputation. That is not to say research is pointless; new cancer treatments are developed every day. Most, however, are palliative (designed to make life more comfortable with terminal cancer or while on chemotherapy,) or preventative. I sincerely doubt there will ever be a "cancer vaccine" or universal cancer cure. Link to comment
Armada Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yes if anyone has watched Vice On HBO Season 3 special report. They have a 95% success rate using virus' against cancer. Link to comment
MoneypuckOverlord Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 they probably have the cure for the cold or flu right now, but &^@# it, money is more important. no question about it. Link to comment
Offensive Threat Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 If you ever actually met or talked to any of the Cancer study medical professionals at UBC or the BC Cancer Agency that you seem to all think are hiding a cure then you would realize how stupid your beliefs are. But conspiracies are so much fun. When I was a kid, 40 years ago, almost every type of Cancer was a death sentence. Now many types of Cancer are curable. With medicine, chemotherapy or surgeries. Usually a combination of methods. These methods are constantly improving. There will be no one magic pill and a "we cured cancer" announcement. There will be the constant slow increase in success rates until all cancers have a near 100% cure rate. This process isnt something that will happen in the future. It is what is happening now. Link to comment
Baer. Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 When I was a kid, 40 years ago, almost every type of Cancer was a death sentence. Now many types of Cancer are curable. With medicine, chemotherapy or surgeries. Usually a combination of methods. These methods are constantly improving. There will be no one magic pill and a "we cured cancer" announcement. There will be the constant slow increase in success rates until all cancers have a near 100% cure rate. This process isnt something that will happen in the future. It is what is happening now. Took the words out of my mouth. In another 40 years we may even discover new technologies that increase the success rate. We already have cures, it's just a question of RnD. Link to comment
VICanucksfan5551 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 People who talk about a "cure for cancer" don't know what cancer is. It's not a specific disease, but a blanket term for uncontrolled cell growth with the potential to spread. You're never going to find a singular cure because it's not a singular thing. Link to comment
drummer4now Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 People who talk about a "cure for cancer" don't know what cancer is. It's not a specific disease, but a blanket term for uncontrolled cell growth with the potential to spread. You're never going to find a singular cure because it's not a singular thing. /thread.. Link to comment
Jiggs50 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Cannabis has proven to be a cure for many people, for many types of diseases including cancer. The pharmaceutical companies and the government would lose BILLIONS of dollars if this magical plant went main stream in the world of diseases. Hemp can be grown by almost anybody. It's not about smoking "dope" and getting high It's about extracting certain chemicals known as cannabinoids from the plant and creating oils which can be ingested. Doctors focus on TREATING the disease with painful methods such as chemo-therapy and what not, rather than CURING the disease with a natural plant which has no side effects. Google: Rick Simpson Link to comment
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