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When I was a child in the early 90s, the likelihood they gave my mother to survive leukemia was slim to none. It was essentially a death sentence. And she died.
by standyro 3y ago
When I was a child in the early 90s, the likelihood they gave my mother to survive leukemia was slim to none. It was essentially a death sentence. And she died.
Now if you get leukemia in 2023, it's something close to a 70% survival rate over 5 years with significantly better treatments.
That seems dramatic to me.
- theossuary 3y agoOnly if you have good insurance.
- RandomLensman 3y agoIn the EU that isn't so much of an issue.
- landemva 3y agoThe push for early diagnosis skews the statistics. Early diagnosis gets the drug companies paid more. The actual lifespan may not have changed.
- RandomLensman 3y agoI'd say especially treatment for childhood leukemia is one of the real success stories in fighting cancer.
- staticman2 3y agoSure but if life expectancy is not increasing then technology (or social change) is not just saving people, it's making them sicker as well.