I just published There Is No Cure For Cancer #health #science #cancerhttps://link.medium.com/G6x5ZMvZST
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This week's blog is an amazing example of media hype over some truly unbelievable claims
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Israeli scientists claim that they will be able to cure cancer within a year, but even the slightest effort reveals that they have so far only done some very early pre-clinical work on cells in petri dishes and rodent modelspic.twitter.com/rJCHBAAp1D
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Pre-clinical research is extremely important, but it's worth remembering that only about 4% of trials like these result in a treatment Virtually none result in a "cure"pic.twitter.com/5sPoAnbcwg
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The idea that a method of cancer treatment that hasn't been tested in humans, hasn't been evaluated in peer-reviewed research, and is based on what looks like a few pre-clinical trials is going to "cure" cancer seems...unlikelypic.twitter.com/kM0iGmSH5r
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Maybe I'll be proven wrong. God, I hope so I sincerely doubt it, but I hope with all my heart that these scientists are right
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