Best case scenario is that your immune system takes care of the final 1%. Worse case scenario is exactly as you described and you get mets that are resistant to therapy.
Comment on Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 10 months agoWell, killing 99% of cancer cells is quite useless, the 1% left will now thrive and if they survived because they were different (and not just luckily escaping the treatment) you now have 100% of cancer cells you can’t treat anymore.
Better case, the 1% “lucky” cancer cells just re-invade.
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Smoogs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I thought the issue is your immune system wouldn’t know to take care of the final 1%. As that’s the issue with cancer: it isn’t an antigen. It is something made by the body so it’s already coated in a natural sheep’s clothing to escape being detected by the immune system. Hence why breakthroughs in marking the cells is so important so at least an outside force can treat it.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It could extend the life of the patient with a few years.
Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 10 months ago
Maybe, or just extending the suffering for a couple of months. Hope it gets better!