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New Drug Kills Cancer 20,000x More Effectively With No Detectable Side Effects (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Cant wait to never hear about it ever again!

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, the age-standadized death rate of Cancer in the USA has fallen %30 over the past 30 years.

Age standardized death rate of Cancer in the USA

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 15 hours ago

Because of advances in early detection, radiation and surgery. And, less smoking.

Not miracle cures in rodents.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

For real, we get a cure for cancer every other day of the week.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 5 points 11 hours ago

It's because there is no single entity like cancer. In fact every organ or rather every cell type can develop various vastly diferent kinds of "cancers".

It's like using a word for all mental health issues, let's say menzy. And then there is a new promising drug for a manic episode in bipolar disorder but only without psychotic symptoms and the headline says: new promising treatment against menzy.