will we ever succesfull to find a cure for cancer..??

Answer 1

Cancer is a very general term. The cure for cancer depends on which tissue is affected. We already have cure for colon cancer but this is not with other type of cancer. To give a view of how complex cancer cure is, imagine a bug in a computer program and when one ends up debugging and tests the program another bug is generated due to fixing of the earlier bug. This is just small example but when its dealt with body it becomes very very complex. Our body can also be considered a program and disease cure can be considered as debugging. When a drug is discovered/invented it takes 12-15 yrs to come into market after a 4 phase stringency. Its not very true that pharmaceutical companies already have the drug/therapy but that it has to go under so many phases of drug testing so that there are no side effects. At present cancer cure depends on what stage the cancer is in.

Answer 2

From what I understand, the problem in finding a cure for cancer is that cancer is not one disease but many. Each type of cancer is different and needs a different "cure". There has been progress made with some cancers -- many people live for years with cancer now. It is not a death sentence as it used to be. So, yes, I believe that someday there will be "cures" for some types of cancer, and perhaps with every type of cancer.

Answer 3

Cancer is not one disease. Each cancer is the result of a specific set of genetic mutations. Treatment is also affected by the location which may limit delivery either physically (i.e. blood-brain barrier) or metabolism. I believe (and I would expect most oncologist to agree) that cures for specific individual cancer types will be developed in the future not a one treatment solves all cancers as most people expect.

An example of this reasoning is targeted drug therapies like Gleevec which target the specific mutations (Abl-Bcr, c-KIT and, EGFR) for people with CML, Ph+ ALL and, GIST. These drugs have been remarkably effective (a majority of those taking Gleevec, Sprycel, etc.) achieve indefinite complete remissions in very short time with very minimal side effects (main side effect is rash).

The strategy is to identify the genetic mutation(s) and then create a drug that can prevent the protein created by the gene. Sounds easy but, finding the exact mutation(s) has been very difficult. In addition, drugs that are effective in cell cultures and lab animals are metabolized differently in the human body.

Answer 4

Of course we can develop treatment of cancer. Actually cancer is just like hypertension or diabetes. Maybe in the next 10 years there will be better drugs available in he market for the treatment of cancer. Well, I'm a medical student and according to some researches garlic can reduce the risk of cancer and also the mucoid material in frog's egg. There will always be newer discoveris. Another is to get a portion of one's tumor or cancer, purify it leaving only the antigens inorder for the person's immune system to be activated then it's own immune system will kill the cancer tumors. But all of these are yet experimental. We just hope that better drugs will be available soon inorder to sav millions of lives out there.

Answer 5

We need to prevent some cancers, by healthy living, having our children at ideal ages by 30 so that they have healthy genes, avoiding toxins, eating well and cleaning up the environment. Once someone has cancer sometimes surgery can remove it and the person can live a long life and die of something else. Some cancers cannot be removed and will come back after treatment.

Answer 6

if we can map the human DNA, how can we not have the cure to cancer? we already have the cure to cancer! the drug companies are preventing the public from knowing it though. they pay off the research companies a lot of money to keep this a secret, because if the world knew we had the cure to cancer, those multi-billion drug corporations would go bankrupt. they're banking on cancer drugs....so yes, we do have the cure and the drug companies refuse to let us know.

Answer 7

We have a cure..it is a plant called noni and it grows in Maui and other places like Tahiti...you can use the leaves and the ripe pulp of the fruit...it will not be marketed by pharmaceutical companies because they can't make money. If I ever get cancer I will spend a lot of time in Maui using noni till my cancer goes away!...scientist already know its a cure...look it up on the internet.

Answer 8

the major problem is that cancer is different for each person and not all people react to treatments the same way, so there is no way possible to cure all cancers with one treatment . if it was possible then it would have been done and someone would be incredibly famous and rich , be realistic if you knew the cure wouldnt you want to reap your rewards............

Answer 9

I know that there is a cure but the big pharma companies and the FDA are not allowing these natural and organic remedies be released or if they are, they have to claim they are not a drug and not approved by the FDA. Antioxidants, barley grass, astragalus, maitake mushrooms, reishi mushrooms, shittake mushrooms, spirulina, beta-caretene, and much more. Look into this ppl!

Answer 10

No, we will never have a cure for cancer. There's too much money to be made in 'research'. Too much money to be handed out for 'grants'. Too much many to be made by pharmaceutical companies. WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD STOP GIVING MONEY TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND OTHER SEEMINGLY WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATIONS! Yes, I have lots of compassion for those suffering from ALL diseases, but come on already...we ALL KNOW THE CURES ARE ALREADY OUT THERE! Bring 'em on--let people LIVE their lives!!