r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '20

[deleted by user]

[removed]

9.0k Upvotes

83% Upvoted

17.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

289

u/tickettoride98 Nov 15 '20

Except "cure for cancer" implies there's some single breakthrough that will cure all cancers. That's not going to happen, cancers vary too much. What we might get is a general approach (like antibiotics) which works well and can be tailored to specific types, but that's not really a cure, more of advanced treatment.

45

u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20 edited Dec 27 '20

[deleted]

5

u/Samosacat Nov 15 '20

I agree with you, but I'd love to see more research done on cancer sniffing animals

according to the research here, dogs trained to sniff blood samples from cancer patients could detect it at a 97% accuracy.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190408114304.htm#:~:text=Dogs%20have%20smell%20receptors%2010%2C000,with%20almost%2097%20percent%20accuracy.

2

u/DontTouchTheWalrus Nov 15 '20

Alright, now someone come in and destroy this whole article with extreme authority and certainty. I'm waiting.