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I think with people living longer cancer becomes more of a statistic. Dozens of years ago people died of pneumonia and TB and a lot of other things we have better control over these days.
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Exactly.
I'm reading "The Emperor of All Maladies" now. A fascinating insight but it is sad, scary and heavy reading. I start it, put it down, read something else and go back to it.
We are still basically guessing when it comes to treating cancer- chemotherapy has been nothing but a guessing game and it's incredibly interesting to see how the first treatments were developed and applied. Gene therapy will pave the way I think but it's not going to happen soon. My next door neighbor is a children's oncologist- I don't know how he does it.