This is very big news. Yeah, the cost per dose is staggering but the fact this has a 100% success rate even in a small sample is very very newsworthy. Fingers crossed this leads to a large trial and the results stay high.
Cancer trial leads to 100% remission in all patients
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hopefully those people have good insurance....but for real this is very promising
Trials are generally free I’d guess, or even compensated.
A friend of mine just got accepted to an immunotherapy trial for his recently diagnosed pancreatic cancer.
We are hoping it works, because the prognosis is terrible.
We are hoping it works, because the prognosis is terrible.
Does this mean I can start smoking and chewing tobacco again?
If my math is correct, based on the tweet above, those patients would have had around 8 treatments total, so cost would be about $88,000. That seems like a relatively low cost for cancer treatments, especially when it eliminates the cancer.
I'd have an easier time believing the results if it were like 85% effective. Anytime I see a study that says something is 100% effective my skepticism kicks in.
Compared to traditional chemo and radiation I would think insurance companies would be throwing money at this research.
For a small sample I can buy it.
The cost aspect would hopefully come down as this is scaled up if further trials continue to show promise.
My guess is that's a consequence of the relatively small sample size.
I would be real cautious wrt the sample size. But the possibility it "cured" rather than just knocked it back is something else. And even if the success rate was "only" 80% that would still be a miracle.
The other thing to keep in mind is once the R&D is paid for, generic medications are so cheap as to be free. Unless it has some crazy ingredient that is only found underneath the Titanic or something, it won't be that expensive forever.
The other thing to keep in mind is once the R&D is paid for, generic medications are so cheap as to be free. Unless it has some crazy ingredient that is only found underneath the Titanic or something, it won't be that expensive forever.
You were smoking from your rectum?!?!?
With only 18 participants it could be 95% effective and the results of this study would be right in line with the probabilities.
I think we would all take 95%...
I think we would all take 95%...
I'm currently in my 6/7th week of radiation for neck cancer. Would not recommend. Being in pain 24/7 is not a fun experience. Not being about to swallow, being on a feeding tube, etc. It just all sucks
That one took my mom. There was no way out of it. Hopefully now there is, good luck to your friend for the trial.
Don't knock it until you try it.
