[roenxi]

> I don't think the average HN reader understands just how many wildly different treatments, drugs and therapies are being thrown at different cancers

You say that as though it supports your thesis, but you obviously haven't thought thorough the implications if you don't believe there are a bunch of cures sitting around in labs.

You still can't deal with the main weakness in your argument here - this woman, who is very close to the pointy end of the stick and qualified enough, is evidence that the virology world is in fact sitting around on some fairly important techniques that could help cure her. Which is pretty much what we would expect given that taking something from the lab to the other side of the regulators involves enormous costs and demands of rigour.

And you seem a bit too focused on miracle cures. I suggest discarding that focus, miracles generally imply that something is impossible or unlikely. It is better to focus on realities and probable outcomes.