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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jan 2020

    Despite the credulous media headlines, the tedious reality is that we don't - and probably never will - have a cure for cancer @drg1985 @whereisdaz @DrRobertOConnor @CaulfieldTimhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/there-is-still-no-cure-for-cancer-5675074bd51f …

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      2. Dr Lea Merone MBChB (hons) MPH&TM MSc FAFPHM Ⓥ‏ @LeaMerone 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        And there almost certainly will not be one single cure for « cancer ». With personalised medicine we may be able to cure certain types.

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @LeaMerone @drg1985 and

        Absolutely, I make that argument in the blog 😀

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      2. Kurt Butler‏ @MauiLiberty 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        Hate to quibble, but it's cancerS, more than one disease, which is one reason we'll probably never have one cure for THEM. We do have pretty good remedies for some of them.

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      3. Dr Darren Saunders‏Verified account @whereisdaz 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @MauiLiberty @GidMK and

        As discussed within

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      2. Stephen Shafran MD‏ @ShafranStephen 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        It’s naive to consider cancer as a single disease. Cure rates for many specific cancers are high but they are low for others. Progress will be incremental as it is in all fields of medicine. US Cancer deaths are declining. Expectations should be realistic.

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      3. Dr Darren Saunders‏Verified account @whereisdaz 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @ShafranStephen @GidMK and

        As discussed within

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      1. Son of God, Ronald J. Dodge‏ @OmarAlexis 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        Is it ‘never’ because we will destroy the planet before we have time to figure it out? Or never because of a technical constraint? Cause if it’s the latter... you may be underrating what 1,000 more years of technical progress can accomplish!

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      1. Pete Evans pork-barrel account‏ @peteevansnot 21 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        Obviously never heard of kale look it up #Paleo

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      1. Dr Robert O'Connor‏ @DrRobertOConnor 22 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        Well put @GidMK Reading the paper, its a strong piece of research but so predictable + frustrating that exploratory lab data all of a sudden is the "holy grail" cure all Treatment is getting better & we all wish for a magic cure but these inflated headlines can cause real upset

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      2. Mike Nicholls‏ @Mikenicholls88 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @drg1985 and

        Immunotherapies are the hail Mary of cancer treatments, as you say super expensive & difficult to manufacture (why we invested in @indeelabs ) IMO the biggest opportunity to increase survival long term is Liquid Biopsy Detecting cancer pre tumor will massively increase survival

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      3. Dr Darren Saunders‏Verified account @whereisdaz 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @Mikenicholls88 @GidMK and

        Hmm, maybe. Big issues with specificity, sensitivity and unnecessary treatment

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