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erronis

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7. Excellent book covering this: The Emperor of All Maladies - Mukherjee

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 03:53 PM

May 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_of_All_Maladies

As he so well lays out in his many very well researched chapters, the "moonshot" or other "throwing money at the problem" haven't worked very well. Cancer is still a very difficult disease to treat even with so much invested in cures or just ameliorations. There are so many types of cancers that are dependent on so many factors in each persons body and environment. Moonshots are PR material. Slow and steady research and clinical trials are helping as well as new genetic modification techniques.

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Excellent book covering this: The Emperor of All Maladies - Mukherjee erronis May 2024 #7

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