[refurb]

There are several cancer (lymphomas) that were literal death sentences a decade or two ago, but how have a very high cure rate.

It's not fair to say we don't develop cancer drugs because some, very difficult to treat cancers, haven't seen as much progress as others.

[dehrmann]

Testicular cancer is now very treatable, but before Cisplatin, the prognosis was pretty grim. I guess to grandparent's comment, we absolutely do develop chemotherapy drugs, and many don't just buy you six months, they're life-saving.

[refurb]

I unfortunately can't find it, but there was an interesting chart that showed overall survival in metastatic colorectal cancer.

It covered the last 30 years. Each new therapy improved survival by only 6-12 months, but each new drug was more effective than the last. Over those 30 years, the median survival went from 6 months to over 5 years.

People shouldn't discount incremental improvements because that's often how medicine progresses.

[DrScump]

Cell type is much more relevant to curability than location.