“Metastatic Cancer Treatment Since 2010: The Success Stories” by sarahconstantin
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Midjourney, “metastatic cancer” ** Metastatic Cancer Is Usually Deadly** When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, it was already metastatic; her lymph nodes, said the nurse, “lit up like a Christmas tree.” Most people with any kind of metastatic cancer — that is, instead of a single tumor, a cancer that has spread to multiple locations in the body — die within the year. You’ve probably heard of people “surviving” cancer, saved by chemotherapy or surgery or radiation or a new high-tech drug. If you know more about cancer, you’re aware that “survival” is relative; when there are no observable signs of cancer, you’re considered to be “in remission”, but you’ll always be at elevated risk of the cancer coming back. Still, years-long or even lifelong remissions are possible, and for some cancer types are even now the norm after treatment. Mostly that's for cancers caught early, though. Once the [...]

Outline:

(00:13) Metastatic Cancer Is Usually Deadly

(01:12) …So Eradicating Metastatic Cancer is Especially Impressive

(02:07) Methodology

(04:08) Single-Patient Case Studies

(04:14) Stats

(04:50) Takeaways

(06:27) Larger Studies and Case Series

(06:34) Stats

(07:07) Takeaways

First published: November 4th, 2024

Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5mgAd5kY6Jag7d5o9/metastatic-cancer-treatment-since-2010-the-success-stories)

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