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bisforbenis t1_j3fcr3f wrote

Reply to comment by PixelizedPlayer in New Study Uncovers Potential Target for Stopping 90% of Cancer Deaths by skraddleboop

It’s a strategy to interrupt cancer’s ability to spread, this isn’t just about staying alive and limping along, this would actually improve quality of life in the meantime and make your chances of full remission much more likely

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PixelizedPlayer t1_j3foci3 wrote

>It’s a strategy to interrupt cancer’s ability to spread, this isn’t just about staying alive and limping along, this would actually improve quality of life in the meantime and make your chances of full remission much more likely

My point was do you have to have been diagnosed with cancer first because if so it could have done damage first. Also what if it has spread before hand can it undo it?

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bisforbenis t1_j3fqfso wrote

Stopping it from spreading more is always going to be good

This paired with targeted approaches like surgery and radiation which are only going to target a particular tumor would be nice since these approaches only target what is known about already

A lot of people go into remission only for it to pop back up elsewhere, this would presumably make that less likely

It’s not going to help with everyone, but reducing its ability to spread at all or at least to spread more than it already has would certainly be good

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