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bmichaelh

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7. Cancer Research works
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:23 AM
Oct 29

Last edited Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:03 AM - Edit history (1)

This is great news.

Cancer research needs to be restored.

However, but I expect some researchers have already left the country to go to other countries like Canada or in Europe that is more receptive to cancer research.

I can state that cancer research works.

I was first diagnosed with lymphoma in 1990; it returned in 2002 and 2019.
I went through four unsuccessful treatments over 2 years; all failed.
In 2021, it was successful, thanks to a new drug that was approved by FDA in 2020.

Trump is either incompetent.
Or
He does not understand the complexities of cancer care.
Or
He does not care as long it does not impact him.

When it returned in 2019, I tried the same treatment that worked in 2002.
It did not work.
Many times, you can not use the same treatment that was tried before.
That is one reason that cancer research is vital.
This is cardinal rule with my lymphoma: When it returns, it is more aggressive and it returns in a different location and it is resistant to prior therapies.

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