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Nice review of the pristine molecular biology of cancer genomics and the hope of Next Gen precision oncology. Despite the biologic complexity of cancer growth, it is not surprisingly that lay folks believe the “cure for cancer” is hidden because of profit motives as they are rightfully suspicious of Big Pharma and the big business of cancer chemotherapy given the war on cheap, generic repurposed drugs, the known “kick-backs” to prescribers with the financial “margins” on expensive and toxic non-targeted prescribed chemotherapy as well as the well documented regulatory capture of the FDA, the industry funded research manipulation of data and the lack of attention to inexpensive cancer reducing therapies-vitamin D, avoidance of tobacco/ETOH/Diabesity.

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Anti-market bias is annoying but common. http://journal.apee.org/index.php/ajax/GDMgetFile/Fall2009_4.pdf

In actuality the FDA creates high costs and dominates drug makers, not vice versa.

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In part but the regulatory capture benefits Gov and Pharma not the patient. Its deep and complicated unless you’re a Pharma bro

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PS there is “hyper-Darwinism” in viral escape mechanisms as well!

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