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Yes but can it be done with minimal side effect? Curing cancer with a bullet works too but the host suffers some adverse side effects.
by 0wing 9y ago
Yes but can it be done with minimal side effect?
Curing cancer with a bullet works too but the host suffers some adverse side effects.
- Odenwaelder 9y agoI'd be careful calling the immune approach easy. Triggering a systemic immune response can also kill you very quickly.
- Iv 9y agoConsidering that chemotherapy is basically feeding poison to your organism in the hope that cancer cells (which are more active) will ingest it in higher quantity, I'd say that we have a pretty high tolerance threshold in term of side-effects while we are looking for an alternative.
- suddenseizure 9y agoAs I understand it, most chemotherapy targets only dividing cells. In adult humans there are relatively few of these: cancer cells (which you want to kill), bone marrow (produces blood cells, so you have to monitor blood cell counts during chemo), and reproductive organs (produce gametes, so you may want to freeze sperm/eggs before chemo).
- dmichulke 9y agoI think the name for this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm
- cryoshon 9y agoall things considered, it's probably far more dangerous than chemo in the sense that it could kill you or seriously and permanently injure you with your first dose depending on your phenotype. at least chemo is a slower process. but immunotherapies don't kill most people, thankfully. there are also many ways that you could assay the patient to see how they might react to immunotherapy, but i dont know whether these are done clinically or not.
- allenz 9y agoYes, radiosurgery can be done with low risk of side effects.
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