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Chemical-Hot t1_ixv6jdb wrote

Reply to comment by henshaw111 in Brain cancer vaccine succeeds at prolonging survival in Phase 3 trial by Sorin61

Not every case is the same but these “ advances” kept my stepdad alive much longer and he was in terrible pain and in and out of hospitals the last year of his life. He got more time, more pain and a brutal exit from this world.

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henshaw111 t1_ixvaazm wrote

‘Not the same’ is exactly the point, which is why cynicism isn’t helpful. In the earlier days of chemotherapy it was pretty much the case if the cancer didn’t get you, the chemo did - and the side effects were pretty unpleasant. Palliative care has inevitably improved over the decades. With a lot of cancers, people eventually run out of road and the last several months or more can be pretty shitty. At the moment I’ve a couple of friends, one with stage 3 bowel cancer, another with prostate cancer. Both have metastasised, they’re into the realm of whack-a-mole, hope, and not heading out of the door just yet.

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