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A year ago
Does anyone know how quickly and by how much car t cell therapy can be reduced in price in next 5 years? It currently costs more than most make in a lifetime for a single treatment and still might require chemo therapy before starting it.
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A year ago
Impossible to tell, but keep in mind the long list of complications and side-effects that come with the "drug". That's a large sum of cash to pay for a treatment that has so many flaws. If it works as intended 99% of the time (which is doesn't), more investors would start getting interested, eventually cutting the cost down to affordable margins.
Source  > https://www.ashclinicalnews.org/spotlight/drawing-first-blood/car-t-cell-therapies-worth-costs/
> https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/research/car-t-cells
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A year ago
Quote from: bio_man (A year ago)
Impossible to tell, but keep in mind the long list of complications and side-effects that come with the "drug". That's a large sum of cash to pay for a treatment that has so many flaws. If it works as intended 99% of the time (which is doesn't), more investors would start getting interested, eventually cutting the cost down to affordable margins.

Know of any other cancer treatments that are affective and don't do any harm to healthy cells thus increasing cancer risks in the future?
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A year ago
If one exists, it's either hidden from the public or undiscovered yet. The safest cancer treatment involves physically cutting out the cancerous tissue, as we do with tumors.
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A year ago
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If one exists, it's either hidden from the public or undiscovered yet. The safest cancer treatment involves physically cutting out the cancerous tissue, as we do with tumors.

Cutting doesn't help with spread if it's becoming metastatic?
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A year ago Edited: A year ago, bio_man
Exactly, but perhaps investing in technology that can detect early signs of cancer, then using conventional means to excise it. Because to undo cancer in cells that are cancerous has proven to be impossible impractical and complicated after countless years of research. It's time to move to another plan.
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