CAR-T, money talk, and the cancer treatment ‘sandwich’
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ASCO is more than half done. There is free coffee on the exhibit floor. One booth barista said their team had made 1,400 espressos in a day. Everyone’s perspective is alternating between two verses from Smashing Pumpkins, who are, lest you forget, a Chicago band. “Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known.” Also: “I’ll burn my eyes out before I get out.”
What if sometimes cancer doctors could give less medicine?
Are cancer drugs more likely to be cures? Or could they instead turn cancer into a chronic disease, in which medicines keep tumors in check but patients have to deal with their side effects, both physical and financial, for the rest of their lives.
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