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Rolepaul · 04-23-2013, 04:49 PM

Lani is right. Each of these discoveries leads to new treatment methods, and new drugs for the people on the bench to help with the problems. Then it gets turned over to the development people to make enough to try in animals, then a few women who are very ill. Finally we get the background information to be able to present treatments for patients that doctors will feel comfortable using. It is hard to realize that most of the treatments that are discussed on this board were developed since 1985, and many in the past 10 years! You have a chance to be given a cancer free rest of your life. It is my industry's job to make sure it is a 1 in 2 or better chance and not a 1:1,000,000 shot.

04-23-2013, 04:49 PM	#2
Rolepaul Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boulder Colorado as of January 2013 Posts: 391	Re: Two new previously unrecognized types of breast cells identified--WHY important? Lani is right. Each of these discoveries leads to new treatment methods, and new drugs for the people on the bench to help with the problems. Then it gets turned over to the development people to make enough to try in animals, then a few women who are very ill. Finally we get the background information to be able to present treatments for patients that doctors will feel comfortable using. It is hard to realize that most of the treatments that are discussed on this board were developed since 1985, and many in the past 10 years! You have a chance to be given a cancer free rest of your life. It is my industry's job to make sure it is a 1 in 2 or better chance and not a 1:1,000,000 shot.