The biggest hurdle is that cancer cells move around within your body, alongside multiplying (even if you opt for chemotherapy: there’s a probability that’ll resist to the medicine or cause more harm than good). Also, Cancer cells aren’t foreign invaders like the viruses, bacteria, etc that make humans sick, rather they are the person’s own native cells that have “gone rogue” through mutation, making the process on finding a cure complicated.

If you really want to create a permanent universal cure: you will need to study and experiment literally every variation of cancer (it differs by individual too, as the treatment may work on one person but kill another: so the results are R&G to speak). This adds difficulity on creating a 100% antidote, as cancer is linked to a person’s own cells (the genetic code varies based on person, it remains a complete mystery if the treatment will work).

The goal of cancer treatments is killing the cancer cells but (ideally) leave many healthy cells as unharmed (if possible), that’s easier said than done. Most treatments affecting cancer cells are also going to readily affect a person’s healthy cells too (that in itself causes more pain than comfort they would rather die than suffer). Current treatments only provide a working solution, but there’s always a chance of resurgence post treatment.

Can Nanobots, mRNA or CRISPR guarantee a 100% cure with absolute zero resurgence on cancer: since how would you know if the patient’s body will reject it immediately (even if you knew the person’s blood type?). The true instigator of cancer is difficult to answer concretely apart from listing risk factors, since every human being in the world is different (from varying genetic code, health status, pre-existing conditions and etc).

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    For the most part, we have been treating cancer the same way for almost a century: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation. That cannot kill all the cancerous cells.

    There are cancers 100% eliminated if the host mounts an immune response to the cancerous cells. This is why CAR-T therapy is in intense research. Or rather it was, Trump cut cancer research from 1100 funded projects to just 11 in 2025. For this reason alone every Republican deserves to die of cancer.

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      Wtf, why do I keep coming across death wishes to people with unpopular opinions on Lemmy?! How is this accepted and even upvoted? After reporting, a mod asked which rule this would violate…

      Isn’t it obvious and common sense that one should not wish death to people (due to different political opinion) and that doing so violates “Rule 1: Be respectful and inclusive”?

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        Saying someone deserves something is not wishing it upon them, especially when they’re driving the cause, but nice job over sympathizing with those cutting funding and doing the literal murdering. 🤦‍♂️

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          Ok, but saying someone would deserve death isn’t any better.

          I have no information about that topic, but it’s not hard to believe that such cuts in funding are indeed disastrous. However, supporting them is still a legitimate opinion. Research costs a lot of money and, even though it helps saving lifes, you can’t put infinite money in it (and apparently, op thinks that some lifes aren’t even worth much at all). Deciding to use money for something else than for cancer research is definitely not mudering. Also, most likely not “every Republican” even supports those cuts.

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            It’s worth noting that your “something else” they’re spending on is literally bombs.

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            Your desperation to be morally superior is outweighing your common sense.

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              This guy is shadowing all my comments and their only contribution is to call me sexist and misogynist. They have a list of trigger terms on mobile goalposts to feign moral superiority.

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            Please feel free to list the Republicans who opposed the cuts to the NIH and Trump’s anti vaccine laws.

            I understand you like to shadow all my comments but perhaps your time would better be spent on education.

            Using cancer research money to fund a war to bomb Iran is definitely murdering. Grow up.

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        There are unfortunate people who are a figurative cancer on society. These ant science, anti medicine people are causing death and suffering for thousands. Only death will stop these people.

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        Yeah… If I’d be living in 1943 and wishing Hitler would die, would you protest that too?

        He’s not even wishing, he mentions what they deserve. Small detail, but still

        The point is that these people made choices that will cause suffering adnndeath to millions, all son that they can get an extra digit on their bank account. He simply states that for that reason, those people deserve the same fate as theybhavr condemned millions to. I’d say this is a pretty okay thing to say