Question: do you think their will ever be a cure for cancer??

Asked by bjgisbest123 to Cindy, Katelin, Kate, Miranda, Yagiz on 10 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by lovedhiren, larry39er, aeroknight, thefunnyguy, lokroxs2013, jbhiss2000, maceyluvs1d, ebonnnynoble1, onedirectionlover.

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  1. Photo: Miranda WeenMiranda Ween
    answered on 10 Mar 2013:

    I’ve researched breast, prostate, and ovarian cancer for 8 years, and I’ve learned that no cancer are the same, and that the ways in which cancer develop, grow, and get worse are different too, and increasingly complex. Maybe someone will get lucky and stumble onto the answer, but right now, I think we are a long way off for a one drug fits all cancer cure. We are, however, making great progress in many cancers for better treatments and better diagnostics. But some, like pancreatic, and ovarian cancer are still hard to detect and treat.

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  2. Photo: Katelin HaynesKatelin Haynes
    answered on 11 Mar 2013:

    I think that cancer is not one single disease – there are hundreds of different kinds, and each one has types within that as well. They can develop and affect you in many different ways, and respond to different treatments. I don’t think there will ever be one drug you take to cure cancer, but maybe one day there will be a pill to take to prevent all cancer. That’s even better than treating it, just not getting it in the first place!

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  3. Photo: Kate SkulteKate Skulte
    answered on 11 Mar 2013:

    I agree with the other scientists that cancer is not just one disease. I don’t think there will ever be a cure for cancer that targets all of them. The number of things that contribute towards cancer are just to varied. For example some cancers are caused by viruses – some types of hepatitis can cause liver cancer and HPV can cause cervical cancer – and we have vaccines for these. Other types of cancers can be from exposure to dangerous chemicals and these will need a different treatment – there is nothing to vaccine from in this case!

    But never fear! Not being able to make one drug that fits all doesn’t mean we can’t do a lot to treat and prevent cancer. I believe that by understanding more about the types of cancers and what changes are happening in our cells will improve cancer treatment and make it more specific (and hopefully more effective) and reduce side effects.

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  4. Photo: Yagiz "Biohacker" Alp AksoyYagiz "Biohacker" Alp Aksoy
    answered on 13 Mar 2013:

    Cancer is a “multifactorial” disease as there is no single cause for it, instead it is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors working together in ways which are not even fully understood. Having said that, scientist have been doing a great job in investigating the individual components of cancer and we can’t deny the progress we they made so far.
    Nevertheless, with rise of preventative medicine (more money allocated to it) I see a slight shift in cancer research towards advanced imaging systems and complex methods that can help to predict cancer way before it occurs (technically we might all have cancers right now there is no such a thing like being 100% cancer free). I think we will excel in taking preventative measures rather than finding a miracle drug which works on all or most types of cancer.

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