Why curing cancer is so hard | Azra Raza | TEDxNewYork

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Cancer research relies heavily on testing drugs in mice, yet it’s clear that for effective treatment, we need to be testing in humans. In an informative talk, oncologist Azra Raza walks us through the challenges of personalized cancer research and offers a potential solution, based on decades of sample collection.

[VtRD]

We are now in PinkWashing month--October. I stopped giving to anything pink years ago since it's clear to me that cure rates aren't so good--delay is what happens to many. Cancer does come back and it kills. I am glad this doctor shared what she did.

[rc]

My mother had barely been eating any food for the past 15 years and we always told her that she was going to come down w something serious. Also, she's a major worry wart and took on everyone's problems. She was diagnosed w MDS recently. Is it related? Maybe. She began "overdosing" on organic vegetables, fruits and supplements and went from bed ridden to bountiful energy in a matter of a week and outwardly symptoms of illness are fading. Is it related? Maybe.

[fam]

My dog has mass cell tumours, in fact 13 to start with. Vet gave him chemo steroids he was so ill. I took him off them and the vet said he would deteriorate quickly if I did. My friend who uses homeopathy offered to help bearing in mind she has only treated humans. That was 5 years ago, he has been terminal for at least 6 years. Not cured but in remission. The tumours come up, they re treated and stabilised. On my sons life this is true, no drugs. Just herbs and vitamins with a pure organic diet and love.

[uzairuibrahimkwaifa]

I would like to thank the best and most reliable doctor, "Doctor osaye" Your kindness is deep in my heart, I was in severe pain, but thank God for your knowledge on herbs with which you could cure me from cancer, I'm so grateful to you sir©®™

[omegapointil]

Would having Watson analyze her collection of cancer cells be of any use? I just see Watson has a huge leap towards finding treatments and relevant information around this disease. If we can distract IBM from using it for more superficial purposes and scale it like it was WW II.

[lzgbonesy]

I hope to make cancer a disease that families don’t have to worry about

[OriginellerName]

13:37 coincidence? i don't think so.