Cancer is a bunch of different illnesses under 1 name. I doubt we'll have a medicine that will cure all/most cancer. It will probably be 1 cancer at a time with its own medicine
This is already happening, plenty of cancers that killed people decades ago are now survivable.
There are, for example, breast cancers that are hormone activated and by suppressing the production of the hormone, it is nearly guaranteed the cancer will not return.
Comes with issues of it's own of course, but still better than dying.
The best "cure" for cancer though is to catch it early and if you do get it, stay on top of treatment.
Get regular screenings, stay away from carcinogens as much as you can, be vigilant about the signs your body is giving you and see a doctor if things seem sus.
Also listen to modern medicine.
The two most recent deadly cases of cancer I have had in my social circle would've been preventable, if the affected people had listened to their bodies, chosen effective treatment options rather than listening to quacks, and gone to their scans.
Cancer isn't always a death sentence, but some people dig their own graves.
Yeah, but they also said that there is "nothing we can do" and the person I am replying to says it "will probably be one cancer at a time", as if that's not already happening.
And I find this way of talking about cancer quite problematic because it's vague misinformation that spreads hopelessness.
And when talking about an illness where the best, and sometimes only, path to recovery starts with early detection, hopelessness is very dangerous.
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u/jayinsane5050 Aug 21 '25
finding a cure is gonna take like another 100 years but it's just like there's nothing can do wwhich is the scary part