I am not a MD but as far as I know, most types of cancers cannot be cured by the current medications especially when they spread. The blood cancer (leukemia) can be cured at an early stage but another blood cancer (lymphoma) cannot be cured even at Mayo Clinic (U.S.A). As you know, chemotherapy is still inefficient in curing cancers.

I am not a MD but as far as I know, most types of cancers cannot be cured by the current medications especially when they spread. The blood cancer (leukemia) can be cured at an early stage but another blood cancer (lymphoma) cannot be cured even at Mayo Clinic (U.S.A). As you know, chemotherapy is still inefficient in curing cancers.

I have been wondering whether medication can cure any disease at all. (I mean "Cure"). In fact, with the exception of Antibiotics, in the case of infections, most of the modern Medicine medications only postpone or reduce symptoms...

If cancer is dianoised at an advanced stage, the probabiliy of curing is very minimal.

I am wondering if my work in Econometric modeling and time series forecasting can help with early detection of different diseases. I think so and the sample size should be the larger the better (big data). 

A study published March 2012 discusses researchers' find that the one-for-all antibody drug successfully blocks a specific protein, CD47, from tricking the body's immune system into not destroying harmful cells. Though this protein is present on the surface of healthy blood cells, the team from Stanford University's School of Medicine determined that CD47 levels were significantly higher in all cancer cells.

The single antibody treatment works by blocking the protein's signal, thus instructing the body's immune system to attack the cancer cells. After publishing their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, the team tested the drug treatment on mice with seven different types of human cancer tumors -- breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver and prostate. By either killing or shrinking each tumor, the innovative antibody drug prevented the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/cancer-drug-shrinks-tumors_n_2972708.html?ir=India

I think that both detection and treatment are equally important and we should take a proactive rather than reactive approach. Therefore, I agree with both Kamal and Krishnan.

NO, at the moment they are not able, but im full with hope. Gentechniques, personal antibodies etc. I wish they will have success.

Plus our immune system is still a big mystery. 

Dear Juehui,

that´s the central problem.

Isn't there also a fairly high probability that we have not yet identified all types of cancer that may emerge in human (or animal) tissue? That would mean, for one thing, that we can not find a full list of cures, as we do not even know the full list of cancer types? It is indeed a growing problem, for one thing for good reasons - that other diseases do not kill us anymore, so we become old enough to sooner or later catch a cancer decease. More studies should perhaps be made on classifying all human cancer forms - if one can even be made.

Hi Hanno, I think so. For centuries, self healing techniques are treasure to good health.

Yes, dear Lawrence.

Unfotunately, your link on cancer survival rate is quite recent and interesting. Thank you!

PS - I used the word "unfortunately" in regards of the results of the survey, not, never, on a useful comment.

Nature Supports

Cancer-fighting properties of "graviola," the leaves of the guanabana tree (Annona muricata), also known as "soursop," "cherimoya," "custard apple," and "Brazilian paw paw." The tree grows in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, as well as countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia with similarly temperate climates. In all of these countries, the fruit is eaten widely; it is often put in shakes and fruit salads, because it is so delicious. Additionally, the leaves and fruit are frequently used to treat viruses, infections, and depression. There is also, apparently, limited production of the fruit in southern Florida.

As millions of people suffer from all kinds of cancers, for which we have treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy (generally, with terrible side effects) but no cure, interest in and demand for graviola, in particular, skyrocketed around 2008 when reports of its efficacy started to rise. At the same time, some small businesses and a few hucksters, generally selling graviola with a host of other products (essiac tea, burdock root, sheep sorrel, blue-green algae, and so on), overstated their medicinal effects, whose accuracy had also been exaggerated in all the hubbub and excitement. Very quickly, a treatment known to kill some cancer cells and tumors (see below) morphed inaccurately into assurance about cancer's cure.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/side-effects/201107/fighting-cancer-science-and-nature

Dear Kamal,

I don´t know and understand the reason for your downvote. But it´s true, you have to expect recrurance of cancer even after decades of time. Some statisics talk of curing rates looking at the recurrencies after 5 years. A gritesque method. It contradicts to my experiences since decades!

You are completely right. I know these formulations. But in the mind of the doctors they are handled as curing rates.

Yes, and if you start early diagnosis like it´s practiced eg for mamma ca, the respite time of 5 years changes to may be 8 years and is celebrated as a better curing rate. I think we should stay critical and study and use the real cancer mortality rates.