Proof They Don't Want To Cure Cancer?

LucyL

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This study: "Massive genome study unlocks secrets of how cancers form"

the key quotes from the article:
Among the key findings of the work is the massive variety in cancer genomes, said Peter Campbell of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, another steering committee member.

"The most striking finding is just how different one person's cancer genome is from another person's," he told AFP.

and
The researchers found enormous variation in the number of mutations in a given cancer, from very few in some cancers seen in children, to up to 100,000 in lung cancer samples.
on top of this:
It also revealed that cancers in different parts of the body are sometimes much more alike than had been thought.
and finally:
"If we can understand the forces at play in our normal organs as we age, what causes mutations to accumulate, what causes some clones to expand and others to fade, what lifestyles do to tilt this balance, then we can think about ways to intervene early, with a view to preventing or slowing the emergence of untreatable cancers."
It boggles my mind how any individual with advanced degrees in science can look at all this and say "nothin metabolic to see here! Clearly we've been going down the right path all these years, so keep on truckin!"

But the benefits! More incredibly expensive lethal tests and treatments, even earlier!
allow more targeted treatment based on the specific driver mutations behind a particular cancer, and potentially allow earlier diagnosis of developing tumours.

The only plus side may be if it would slow pharma down from reclaiming the cheap effective drugs used metabolically.

:mad::depressed:
 

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Everyone is in their silo in the medical field

and the causes of cancer are outside all those silos

Doesn't necessarily have to look intentional
 
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Everyone is in their silo in the medical field

and the causes of cancer are outside all those silos

Doesn't necessarily have to look intentional

The everyday people who come to this forum, looking for relief from physical ailments generally will try everything to solve their problems. Never going outside your silo is pretty much proof you aren't interested in really solving the problem. I'm not suggesting this points at a conspiracy as much as a thousand individual conspirators working synchronistically.
 

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The everyday people who come to this forum, looking for relief from physical ailments generally will try everything to solve their problems. Never going outside your silo is pretty much proof you aren't interested in really solving the problem. I'm not suggesting this points at a conspiracy as much as a thousand individual conspirators working synchronistically.
yeah that is accurate

I will say there are areas in your life you remain in your own silo and should not be blamed for it as a conspirator
 

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I don't think it has to be a conspiracy. It's necessary for institutional research to divide "all the truth" up into subjects. The moment you do this, the cracks that lead to eventual problems have already formed. But you can see what they do it. The alternative is to learn everything, which isn't very practical. Now the cracks that divide knowledge are causing so many problems that those of who are willing to learn a little about many things can see them clearly.

If something better is built on the eventual shambles of the current system, there will still have to be divisions. But I think knowledge could be divided up much better. Having doctors, for example, that specialize in, say, knees or arthritis or whatever, seems wack.
 

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Having doctors, for example, that specialize in, say, knees or arthritis or whatever, seems wack
I think it’s great that there are specialised doctors. I would rather a hyper-specialised doctor perform surgery on me than a generalist. Especially if it is a knee surgery. Also, I would love if the doctor delegated the Anesthesia to an anaesthesiologist, instead of figuring it out himself.
 

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Fair enough. The way things are divided is for a reason. But each way of dividing knowledge precludes others. And with the "knee specialist" you get mostly unnecessary surgery.

The most common knee surgery for seniors is costly, and usually a waste
Yeah, with the increasing amount of knowledge that exists, we are asking of doctors a level of excellence that most of us wouldn’t give to our jobs. I think this is often forgotten, for doctors, being right is just a job, and as much as they may want to help, their health does not depend on it, unlike most people that come to forums like this.
 

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