DNA testing in England for 1000's

steved said:

Interesting
Stragnely hadn't seen that here but been reading of it. Is a huge project to map whole genomes of thousands of pele with cancer to learn more about the genetics of the disease. It is a 3-5 year project so results and benefits from it are a long way off but willk undoubtably find colon cancer is genetically more than one illness (hard to believe my tumour that took seven year to recur and still hasn't spread beyond the pelvis is the same as another's whole spreads through out the body in months) and target treatments more.

Pete I don't agree with your criticism of your onc as the reality is at present so little is known for sure about the genetics of bowle cancer and stuff that is around has minimal clinical use yet except I guiding research more. Hopefully this kind of project will mean our docs can make sense when genetics tests come back that do guide treatment as at present we are a long ways off.

Thanks for highlighting this mags,

Steve

steve I disagree but respect you
sorry but wrong kind of, come to germany, get a tumour and or genetics test and have targeted treatments.

so its "a long ways off" but only in the distance to germany from the rest of the world. but yes a long long long ways off in the mindsets and focus of doctors. ie personalised versus group stats based.

the results of genetics tests drive adjuvant off label drug use to tweak the immune system.
these tests are here today, i paid for them, still waiting on another set of genetic results. mate every patient should have these tests, they could further reduce recurrence rates. all of the western cancer models have missed the boat, i suspect its scientific and medical arrogance. to admit they got it wrong would put way to much guilt on many doctors hands, but thats where the responsibility lies I think.

my onc should have taken a copy of the report and read it and applied it dilagently , its not my fault we live with dysfunctional medical systems that let down so many, and cost so many lives. read the reports yourself. i made them public, many have. no one here in a year has done one of these tests that I have heard of. its others loss , not mine.

sorry steve, but i insisted on being treated as a molecularly separate individual, my onc could not cope the different mix of chemo recommended. ultimately its my choice not hers. i would have fired on the spot, if I knew then what i know now. the science of genetics and cancer is solid. if patients don't push like hell for the best care, well we just have to wait for our caring goverment and hospitals to deliver. we will be waiting along long time and way to many lives will be lost. this is just my opinion and nothing to get to fussed about, I am a peaceful meditator who has to keep his newly injected cancer vaccine functional and I won't get stressed over anything.

hugs,
Pete