I wouldn’t go that far. Curing cancer may not be possible in all cases.
To “cure” cancer you must kill all cancerous cells from body, if even a small number survive it will return.
If however you can treat the system, and keep the cancer from growing, or from shutting down your natural systems, one may live a normal live expectancy even though they have cancerous cells in their body.
I don’t see anything wrong with this doctors conjecture.
If the option is we must remove every cancerous cell from you, and we are not able or sure how to do that... vs we can possibly find a way for you to live a normal life expectancy even if you do have cancer because we can keep the cancer in check, but never fully remove it all... that’s not a bad course of action.
The standard for “Cured” may not be realistically be able to be met in all cases.
Agree to a minor extent. To cure something, you must destroy the bodies ability to create that thing. Cancer is the cell no longer able to end its own life and continually recreates itself. This mechanism is vital to healthy cellular sustainment. There are a variety of cancers and numerous, ingenious methods by which to destroy cancerous cells and enhance the cells ability to ensure end of life. Wasp venom has been used for a type of cancer. My friends daughter was cured of stage 4 glioblastoma via a trial at Duke University. She is our miracle girl. Curing is possible.
Your point is well taken, but having a research professional deny the possibility is self-defeating. He may very well be right, but to essentially give up before the race is run does his profession a huge disservice.
Not true. And not necessary. The body already has "some" capability to kill cancerous cells. It is just that the rapid growth rate of cancerous cells overwhelms that inherent capacity.
If an intervention can kill the tumors and MOST of any "shed" cells (which antigen-antibody technology can do), then the body's natural immune response can probably handle the low-level residual. It is NOT necessary to "kill every cell".