2014. So Far--So Good

New and better treatments abound--can cures be far behind?

There seems to be a new med that helps manage prostate cancer introduced every few months. Well, maybe not that often, but there have been a few. That is certainly good news for all of us with incurable prostate cancer. I'm taking one of the newer meds and my PSA has gone down to practically nothing (0.4 actually). That doesn't mean the nasty cancer cells have gone away, but they are growing slower--I may die of extreme old age, yet. There are many who may consider me extremely old, already.

I haven't heard that any of the new 'miracle' treatments are likely to lead to a cure, but the longer we all live (thanks to the new meds), the better the chances that somebody in a dank and gloomy laboratory somewhere in Lower Ebonia will have that 'eureka' breakthrough moment and cancer, like polio, can be wiped off the face of the earth. More or less.

Maybe I'm hopelessly optimistic but I expect a cancer cure in my lifetime. But then I also expected to have thick curly hair, a thin and athletic body, and 20-20 vision throughout my lifetime.

axman