Why haven't cancer research centers produced better treatments after decades of ...

You are so right. Who’s getting all this money?

The frustration with the pace of cancer research progress is deeply felt across the cancer community, especially when facing advanced disease. Research does face significant challenges - developing new treatments requires extensive safety testing and clinical trials that can take years, though recent advances like immunotherapy and targeted therapies have shown promise for some patients. Many in this community share similar feelings about wanting faster access to promising treatments, and connecting with others who understand this experience, as well as discussing concerns with your oncology team about current and emerging treatment options, can provide valuable support during this difficult time.

That’s the problem with this country, taking years !!! Other countries get new meds approved quickly !!! They shoved Pluvicto thru , the question is why !! For a few months if you survive!! I don’t think many are out playing 18 holes like the commercials show !! It’s a ploy to get you take it and why , it’s called $$$$$$$

Cancer research will always be a money maker, and that's the problem. We suffer,the ones with cancer. But those receiving the funds and monies will always have jobs, etc. So long live the terminationr CANCER!

Hi, Timothy — My name is Dave Stauffer of Denver CO, with high-risk localized PCa treated with RT + ADT. I had a negative biopsy in 2018 at age 69 1/2 and said to my urologist: “I’m in the clear;” he responded with a thumbs up. Jump to 2023: I’m diagnosed with Gleason 4+4 and PSA 19.1. I get my medical records and see my blood panels 2018 to ’23 showed PSA 6 and then 9, with no one telling me of the increases. Thus were the lives of myself and my wife needlessly wrecked.

Hi Dave , THATS just pure out and out negligence !!! And a malpractice lawsuit to boot !!! Listen, not every doctor graduates at the top of their class and it sounds like yours isn’t even smarter than 4th grader !!! I have had my share of Dr problems as well !! My PCP never even mentioned a PSA test and I didn’t know what it was !!! I told him straight to his face that he just killed me !!! He was speechless and put his head down and I ripped him up and down , I was so pissed off that if I didn’t leave , well I think you get the point !!! Went thru radiation and then off to see an Oncologist !!! This idiot comes into my room with my wife sitting there , spins a chair around and told us that he could get me to 80 yrs old , I was 64 at the time !! I looked at my wife and asked her to leave and let the door open !!! Then all hell broke loose cause I knew right away he never looked at my chart !! He saw prostate cancer and that’s it !! I have stage 4a metastatic prostate cancer !!! I screamed as loud as I could so everyone in the lobby could hear me !! I told him he was a piece of effin chit and every name that could come out my mouth came out loud and clear !!! Went to lobby and told 25-30 people that if he was ur doctor , leave and find a new doctor cause this one doesn’t read ur chart before he comes to see you !! And you don’t want him treating your cancer and that he should quit before he kills more people !! OH, Yes I did !!!

Timothy — Dave of Denver CO here: your experience is similar to mine. I had a negative biopsy at age 69.5 and believed age 70 meant no prostate cancer concern. I said “I’m home free” to my urologist, who gave me a thumbs up. Jump to age 4.5, when an old school retired urologist advised PSA … came back 19.5. Then Gleason 4+4. Then treatment and my own research, which said I’m paying a high price (not dollars, but living) for believing my “Care Team,” which I label “Don’t Care Team.”

I’m sorry that you and your wife had to experience what you had to go thru and are going thru !! I’m sorry for my wife who will be a widow in her 50’s , yes a lot younger than me !!! Irresponsible drs that only care about the $$$$$ and not anyone’s life !! And you are right !!! Your No Care Team and mine !!!