Is cancer so “uncurable” we only hope to extend the patient’s life and not cure it completely?
In: Biology
A lot of cancers are very curable if discovered early. Those survival year rates are a way to measure how aggressive the cancer is, as well as how It responds to the treatment.
If you survive 5 years, its likely that your cancer is less aggressive/responds well to treatment
As a bonus, the window of time to consider someone cancer free is also 5 years, because every cancer has a chance to return even after treatment, but If after 5 years It hasn’t returned, the odds of It ever returning become very small
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