It's absurd how much people take modern medicine for granted
For much of human history, cancer was largely just a death sentence.
By the 1970s, overall, it was about a coinflip, roughly 50/50 chance of surviving it.
Now, about 80% of people who get cancer survive at least 5 years. That's amazing!
For much of human history, cancer was largely just a death sentence.
By the 1970s, overall, it was about a coinflip, roughly 50/50 chance of surviving it.
Now, about 80% of people who get cancer survive at least 5 years. That's amazing!
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I believe it’s true that there’s been major improvement, but what is the apples-to-apples comparison? there’s too little information above to determine.
Thanks to anyone who can answer.
Some of those people probably experienced a later recurrence, since that can happen even decades later, so it's not a perfect measure, of course. But we have and continue to make progress.
That's gonna suck when we no longer get to take them for granted
In Scotland, where I live, 44% of males and 51% of females survived cancer for 5 years. Does “better” health mean cheaper or more effective outcomes?
That healthcare isn't free, isn't cheap. It destroys families, and the big c is far from the only lingering debilitating illness destroying the quality of life
ugh
it’s just a group of weirdos that think everything is a conspiracy do and then die of the lamest shit imaginable aaaaaaaaa….,,,,,,
bros really out here dying of a bad cold because they didn’t wanna mask up/vaccinate type opinion spreading “health” opinions???!!