given the complexity of the human body I for one doubt cancer will ever be "cured" it appears at this stage in medical history that stopping the body from turning on itself or abnormal cell growth/regeneration especially with advanced age is a pretty tall order but I do think we can make a lot of progress, especially with cancers that are slow to metastasize and more prone to affect younger otherwise more healthy folks some sort of abnormal cell growth after aged 75 or so is nearly universal...just depends on if it's the ominous sort
i agree that we waste money on preventable disease research for political reasons.. which is why prostate cancer gets less funding than breast cancer too btw...and less exposure even though by certain ages prostate cancer is just about a given for over 80 year old men....while breast cancer for women is not, yet women's groups and homosexual groups will tell you no one pays attention to their diseases.. btw...don't let PSAs scare you, it's the velocity of PSA changes that matter more and yes....prostate exams and that damn smear reflex hurts like hell...i will never understand homosexuals fascination with all that
I’ve always thought that the medical profession would get a lot more cooperation with testing and screening if they’d put more effort into coming up with tests that are less painful and leave the patient with their dignity intact. Your prostate example is a good one. Another is, whay after 500+ years, haven’t they come up with a better way of delivering medication than through a hypodermic needle? I know there are patches and such, but it’s still the primary method, and it’s barbaric.