Maia wrote:Here there is a more detailed explanation
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer- ... erFriendly
Looks like they are putting to use the possibilities of genetic tumour profiling!
GrouseMan wrote:In my opinion this is the way to go with cancer treatment. It may more precisely target the tumor and provide a greater selection of approaches.
some wrote:GrouseMan,
How expensive is it? I ask that because the chemo which is expensive too may not work and that's money down the tubes. If this allowed for better treatment, it could save people which is so much better than just treatment, though I suppose that living longer could cost the insurance company more. I sure hope they don't look at it that way.
Thanks.
Serena
lohidoc wrote:Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I am extremely sceptical about this approach. No doubt it is interesting to decipher the genome of cancer tissue, no doubt it will add a little to our understanding, and perhaps it may even help, up to a point, to rationalize treatment.
But it will not lead to any truly effective treatments because the premise is wrong and based on an insufficient understanding of cancer.
Maia wrote:On a side note, I was reading an article published past Wednesday, about Jim Allison. You may like that. The 4 pages are worth reading; just in the first, you have him confessing: "People would say to me, 'Don't do tumor immunology, it'll ruin your reputation.' Jim Allison confronts cancer, critics with immunotherapy
Because releasing the brake facilitates an all-out attack by the immune system, it can cause serious side effects - colitis, skin rashes, impaired pituitary function - that must be managed.
juliej wrote:Maia wrote:On a side note, I was reading an article published past Wednesday, about Jim Allison. You may like that. The 4 pages are worth reading; just in the first, you have him confessing: "People would say to me, 'Don't do tumor immunology, it'll ruin your reputation.' Jim Allison confronts cancer, critics with immunotherapy
Ah, Maia, you're talking about one of my favorite people, Dr. Allison! He is the former director of the tumor-immunology program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. I know several people who are alive today because of ippy.
Your link doesn't work so here's a new one: http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Jim-Allison-confronts-cancer-critics-with-5405290.php
And here's another (older, but good) article that mentions him and other work on immunology: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/23/120423fa_fact_groopman?currentPage=all
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