Comment on Maybe there was a cure for human cancer, but it didn't work at all in mice.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days agoThe strongest risk factor of human cancer is age. Wild mice live 6-9 months.
Comment on Maybe there was a cure for human cancer, but it didn't work at all in mice.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days agoThe strongest risk factor of human cancer is age. Wild mice live 6-9 months.
rowinxavier@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yep, and surviving longer increases cancer rates. Cancer used to be a death sentence, now it is far less so. Many cancers which were a short time from death at diagnosis are now routine to remove or fix. Others that were soon fatal have 5 year survival over 90%, and some are even higher.
We haven’t cured cancer just like we haven’t cured industrial accidents, but honestly, so few people are eaten by hungry machines and left disfigured that it is likely you know less than a handful. Not cured but reduced to a much more manageable level.