Will we ever get a cure for cancer?

[Mayor West]

Or is it more profitable to treat it than to cure it?

Has a cure already been found but being kept back for economic reasons?

 

[Rascal]

I think it can be beaten, but there is no profit in beating it.

 

[peoffrey]

An early diagnosis helps in some cases and so does lifestyle / diet. The value of a life should outweigh anything else.

 

[dronefromsector7g]

You answered your own question. We'll all get it the way things are going.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Worth a look.

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[Hamann Pineapple]

There are too many different types

 

[malg]

I'd imagine that we'll get a cure for some forms of it.

 

[pfazz]

There are so many variations of cancer that it is impossible to find a blanket cure, at the end of the day cancer is a mutation of cells and as such has many forms, the way forward is treatment to kill the affected cells. To imagine that a cure existed and is being suppressed for financial reasons is naive to say the least.

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

I think it can be beaten, but there is no profit in beating it.

I agree but some old billionaire might get some pangs of guilt in their old age and have a go.

 

[pee dubya]

I imagine through stem cell and GM virus research the treatments will eventually be extremely effective.

It just takes time. Then we'll be statistically more likely to live a bit longer before something else kills us.