unlikely: Cancer is a generic term used to describe a very large number of malignant tumors. Each tumor has a different trigger or different genetic error. It will take a very long time to understand all of these genetic errors. Good thing is there are teams throughout the world working to better understand these tumor.
Answered 10/26/2013
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Unlikely: Cancer is extremely complex. There are many types and many causes. There is not going to be a "magic bullet" cure any time soon.
Answered 11/24/2013
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Won't happen: Cancer results from an accumulation of genetic mutations in a clone of cells. While we now cure four out of every six cancers (up from two when I was a kid), the tougher cancers, once they have spread, have destabilized genomes and evolve resistance to anything we throw at them. Cancer is not "other", it is "us" and is inevitable in any multicellular organisms that lives long enough. Truth.
Answered 9/3/2014
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