new method to block cancer new drugs coming

[Bereta_Eder]

http://health.in.gr/news/scienceprogress/article/?aid=1500099445

[Berzerker]

in english please

[The Mad Monk]

Here you go, kinda sorta.

[Grandpa Troll]

My Dad and both his Brothers died in their mid 80's of Pancreatic Cancer. Very difficult recalling how this broke my Dad's body down but not his spirit and soul!

I am skeptical of breakthrough drugs and no solid irrefutable evidence just a theory but here is why: Pharmaceuticals,medical staffing and treatment centers generate a lot of money. I am a bit cynical for that reason, if a treatment be it procedure or pill cures or even stifles/stunts the growth would it be allowed?

I pray this produces success and continued encouraging news of affordable implementation.

Thank you so much for sharing Bereta_Eder and The Mad Monk for the translation!

Regards

Grandpa Troll

[Elok]

I work in a pharmacy, and I have to say, a lot of our cash flow comes not from cures but from ongoing treatments; after controlled drugs (opiate painkillers, Valium, Ritalin, etc.), our big sellers are various heart-disease and diabetes meds. And birth control. There are a staggering number of ways to trick a uterus into thinking it has a baby in it, they average somewhere between forty and sixty a month before insurance, and if you can get half the young women in a region buying the things every single month, that adds up to a cash flow like a spring flood. We barely dispense any cancer meds at all, by comparison. We do more business in allopurinol (which is for gout). The big money is always going to be in stuff you can get the same patient to buy indefinitely. No repeat business in cures.

But those are, of course, gravy, and if somebody discovers a good one they'll be glad to sell it. It'll be dear, since, like I said, no repeat business. Only a handful of people (or their insurance) are going to be chipping in the cash to pay back the enormous costs of R&D for a specific cancer drug, whereas every schmoe and his brother is on stuff like proton pump inhibitors for acid reflux.

[Grandpa Troll]

I work in a pharmacy, and I have to say, a lot of our cash flow comes not from cures but from ongoing treatments; after controlled drugs (opiate painkillers, Valium, Ritalin, etc.), our big sellers are various heart-disease and diabetes meds. And birth control. There are a staggering number of ways to trick a uterus into thinking it has a baby in it, they average somewhere between forty and sixty a month before insurance, and if you can get half the young women in a region buying the things every single month, that adds up to a cash flow like a spring flood. We barely dispense any cancer meds at all, by comparison. We do more business in allopurinol (which is for gout). The big money is always going to be in stuff you can get the same patient to buy indefinitely. No repeat business in cures.

But those are, of course, gravy, and if somebody discovers a good one they'll be glad to sell it. It'll be dear, since, like I said, no repeat business. Only a handful of people (or their insurance) are going to be chipping in the cash to pay back the enormous costs of R&D for a specific cancer drug, whereas every schmoe and his brother is on stuff like proton pump inhibitors for acid reflux.

Which is where I was going.....shame.....because like you said ongoing treatments...is where the cash flow like a spring flood! While curing cancer would be awesome....the R & D costs are so staggering they HAVE to recover those costs, no illusion here.

The pain cancer causes not only for the victim but family as well is one issue, however the almighty dollar drives what will or wont happen, in this case allowing a cure (if in fact this is 100 % a cure) for anything will block untold millions from being not only recouped but R.O.I. is what the bankers and investors are looking for!

Gramps

[Proteus_MST]

Sounds like a good thing, however, actually the article is about a breakthrough in fundamental research ... not about applied research (i.e. developing a drug)

Of course very important fundamental research, which may be the basic for actual drugs in the future.
But I guess this is a thing that may take several years (i.e. developing the drugs (so the active component is delivered to the loci without getting broken up), then putting them through clinical trials and so on)

[Grandpa Troll]

Sounds like a good thing, however, actually the article is about a breakthrough in fundamental research ... not about applied research (i.e. developing a drug)

Of course very important fundamental research, which may be the basic for actual drugs in the future.
But I guess this is a thing that may take several years (i.e. developing the drugs (so the active component is delivered to the loci without getting broken up), then putting them through clinical trials and so on)

Thanks for straightening this out as I wasnt sure where they were in the process!

Regards

Gramps