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Cancer research is a huge scientific field. But with all the time and money that's been poured into it, why isn't there a cure yet? I explore how the biology of cancer means it's more like 200 smaller diseases rather than one huge one, and explain why we treat it the way we do.

Chapters
00:00 Intro and the 'Big Pharma/cure already exists' theory
3:42 What makes a cancer?
5:40 Different categories of cancerous mutation
7:22 The cancer mutation pic n mix
9:41 Why do we treat cancer the way we do?
11:20 Specific treatments that target particular mutations
13:53 Learn stuff for free
15:04 Starry eyed vision of the future and outtro
17:04 Thanks and outtakes

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References

Wiki cancer list
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Thoughts on ‘Big Pharma’
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Dr Grimes’ conspiracy theory paper
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2mm tumour is about 10 million cells
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My old blog post
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Hanahan and Weinberg’s 2000 paper
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Their 2011 update paper
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The 127 common mutation, and certain mutations are more common in certain cancers
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Chemotherapy versus Radiotherapy
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More info on certain chemo drugs
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List of targeted therapies
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Another big ol’ list of cancer drugs
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PARP inhibitors
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UK cancer survival stats
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US cancer survival stats
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Interesting article about using ‘war language’ in reference to cancer
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Donations by cancer type
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