That's one way of looking at the glass half empty.

If half of people get rid of cancer for 1 year that is still outstanding - ESPECIALLY if the majority of those remain cancer free for quite some time after.

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apwell23 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> remain cancer free for quite some time after.

OS is more relevant than PFS

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codr7 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If we wanted patients to survive long term, then maybe we could try a treatment that doesn't destroy their immune system in the process.

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		Invent it and your grandchildren will retire rich.
	▲	burnt-resistor 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The most obvious, naive approach is banking blood & marrow prior to treatment. However, there's a need to clear metastatic cells (CTCs) or train the immune system to find and kill them so that it doesn't reintroduce CTCs upon retransfusion.