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Hard to say...I was just reading about Dr. Judah Folkman, the man who pioneered the understanding of angiogenesis and it's role in cancer growth. He was ridiculed for 25 years but never gave up on his research...which eventually led to the acceptance of his theory and subsequent targeting of these pathways with Avastin and other drugs...

All I can say is, it takes way too long and too many valid ideas probably end up on the side of the road waiting for acceptance and funding.

By the way, tho, the book I was reading this in was actually about how you can improve the "terrain" in your body to improve your own immune response and attack cancer's weaknesses. Primarily through diet and lifestyle changes. One point of the Judah Folkman story was that the agents that disrupt/prevent antiogenesis are ALSO available in many of the foods we eat...and you don't have to wait for the Avastins to come out.

Which comes full circle back to some of the earlier discussion on your topic - how could we mimic these effects through dietary interventions? That might be an interesting conversation to have with Dr. Yamamoto!