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Big step forward in cancer treatments?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 2 12:15pm | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
Hope is a good thing (sometimes all that we have). Though those tests are only in mouse models.
However, pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer are two totally different animals. Pancreatic cancer has an 80% mortality rate; prostate cancer less than 12%.
I was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 2012, treated in 2021, and am doing fine. My older brother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early August 2024, and died in late October 2024. (It was a horrible, yet fairly quick death.)
We should watch for human trials for that study.
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@brianjarvis Yup, compared to pancreatic cancer, this is not even close. We have pretty good screening/testing for PCa and that’s where a lot of our success at treating it arises.
Unfortunately, cancer of the pancreas is not detectable until symptoms arise and by then it’s usually too late. I guess they should come up with a PSA-like test for it, something more specific than the genetic catch all tests they have today. Best,
Phil