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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 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Cant wait to never hear about it ever again! Cant wait to never hear about it ever again!

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months 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 8 points 2 months ago

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

Not miracle cures in rodents.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] saimen@feddit.org 8 points 2 months 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.