Do you think there really is a cure for cancer?

Question

Iny my opinion its because the doctors and everyone can make so much more money from chemotherapy and everything like that. what do you think?

Answer 1

I think that sometimes there is a cure and sometimes there isn't. It depends upon a lot of factors, including the type of cancer and how aggressive it is, how early it is diagnosed, etc. I know many cancer survivors and I know many people who have cancer who will not likely be alive this time next year, my husband being one of them. My husband is unfortunate enough to have a very aggressive cancer.

Answer 2

my mother died of Cancer in 1972. She first got Cancer when I was 10 or 12. I was born in 1947. So I remember wishing and crying for a cure way back then. It's now 2007, still no cure. I think That the only cure will be prevention. Maybe immunizations. But to cure cancer. I doubt it.

Answer 3

I think there is still a ways to go before there's a cure. And yes there is that sanction of people who treat excessively for the money. But there are also those that treat diseases because they sincerely want to help and those that treat diseases as a form of challenge to see if what they try will work or not.

Answer 4

i would-like to think that the suffering patients and their family friends, the economical cost would be reason to reveal any "cure" today... i dont think that most people are so uncaring especially doctors and the such..
i believe that the cure is already here as with other types of aliments that we and our animal population have... that is simply to say in nature.. most cures were originally derived from nature... now will that be discovered before the tree/plant/organism is destroyed is the question. i also believe that stem research will "cure" a lot of aliments.

Answer 5

And if Merck developed a cure for cancer that would make all the executives rich enough to hire Bill Gates to be their butler, do you think they would sit on it?
A cure for cancer would make an astonishing amount of profit for some company.
Curing it does not mean preventing it.
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Answer 6

Sigh.....
Another conspiracy buff !
Please understand that cancer is a very difficult (and frustrating) area of research. Everything is being tried, including natural extracts (we have tested some in my lab).

And, something to think about : if I get out of my institute tomorrow to work for a pharma, I will probably work on one of these: depression, obesity, arthritis or type 2 diabetes. Think about it : how much money can one make out of somebody who has to take a medication for life, as opposed to a 6 months chemo ?

And how do people develop an early type 2 diabetes ? Bad lifestyle.

Think about it. I'd rather work on leukemia, you know.

Answer 7

People who do not understand what cancer and treatment are all about are the only ones whoever ask this type of question.

There are over 200 different types of cancer and some of them already have a cure! In particular take a look at childhood cancer which has led the way in finding cures for different cancer types. The goal, however, for childhood cancer is to eliminate it altogether. The National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Childrens Oncology Group have joined forces to find a cure for ALL childhood cancer.

Curesearch
http://www.curesearch.org/

Perhaps you should do some more research and reading about efforts like Curesearch and what they are doing to advance a cure. Do something positive.

Recent study done to determine how concerned patients are between ties between research, medical centers, and drug companies. I think the majority feel that the substantial benefits outweigh any negativity (in other words - the drugs and trials are working and patients can see the resulting proof - if something is working than it will be supported, if it stops working than it will not be supported).

Patients' Views on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Cancer Research Trials

Lindsay A. Hampson, B.A., Manish Agrawal, M.D., Steven Joffe, M.D., M.P.H., Cary P. Gross, M.D., Joel Verter, Ph.D., and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.

New England Journal of Medicine, Nov. 30, 2006, Vol. 355, No. 22, pp. 2330-2337

Background Financial ties between researchers or medical centers and companies whose drugs are being tested have come under increasing scrutiny. Methods We conducted in-person interviews with 253 patients in cancer-research trials (a 93% response rate) at five U.S. medical centers to determine their attitudes regarding potential financial conflicts of interest among researchers and medical centers. Results More than 90% of patients expressed little or no worry about financial ties that researchers or institutions might have with drug companies. Most patients said they would have enrolled in the trial even if the drug company had paid the researcher for speaking (82% of those interviewed) or consulting (75%) or if the researcher had received royalty payments (70%) or owned stock in the company (76%). Similarly, most patients would have enrolled in the trial if their cancer center had owned stock in the drug company (77%) or received royalty payments from the company (79%). Most patients believed it was ethical for researchers to receive speaking fees (81%) or consulting fees (82%) from the company. However, a substantial minority of patients wanted disclosure of the oversight system for researchers (40%) and of researchers' financial interests (31%); 17% thought no disclosure to patients was necessary. Conclusions Most patients in cancer-research trials were not worried about financial ties between researchers or medical centers and drug companies and would still have enrolled in the trial if they had known about such financial ties. A substantial minority wanted to be informed about the oversight system to protect against financial conflicts of interest and about researchers' financial interests.

Answer 8

there is a cure for cancer and is called Nutritional Therapy! but the doctors do not wont to accept the fact that we should treat the cause and not cover the symptoms with medicine having so many bad side effects. Red about Lance Armstrong his cancer spread to 5 different type of organs and the doctors did not wont to treat him as according to them he was dead in 2mnts time...but he is still alive after so many years and compete for tour du France!

Answer 9

In my own "Personal" opinion, I believe there IS a cure for cancer. Doctors do so much research and so much testing that the results are always leading to one direction, Never finding a cure. Researches spend so much money on finding a cure that its evident that they're just throwing money away.

I think there is in fact a cure. and you know what? i think its something thats all natural. Sounds stupid, but let me explain. we have so many plants that are yet to be discovered and so many herbs that are untested that it only seems right for natural medicines to be the answer. Think about it, Whats a HELPFUL tool for recovering Cancer patients? MARIJUANA!!! which is a plant grown from the earth.. Call me crazy, but i think the answers are all around us.

Answer 10

Someday there will be. Cancer is a horrible disease, and all those of us who have it depend on the hope of someday finding the cure. I feel in my heart that it will happen in my lifetime, that my leukemia will someday be defeated by whatever this cure is. Until then, all we can do is have hope.