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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 [...]

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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

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First published:
November 4th, 2024

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

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“Metastatic Cancer Treatment Since 2010: The Success Stories” by sarahconstantin

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