[standyro]

When I was a child in the early 90s, the likelihood they gave my mother to survive leukemia was slim to none. It was essentially a death sentence. And she died.

Now if you get leukemia in 2023, it's something close to a 70% survival rate over 5 years with significantly better treatments.

That seems dramatic to me.

[staticman2]

Sure but if life expectancy is not increasing then technology (or social change) is not just saving people, it's making them sicker as well.

[landemva]

The push for early diagnosis skews the statistics. Early diagnosis gets the drug companies paid more. The actual lifespan may not have changed.

[RandomLensman]

I'd say especially treatment for childhood leukemia is one of the real success stories in fighting cancer.

[theossuary]

Only if you have good insurance.

[RandomLensman]

In the EU that isn't so much of an issue.