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As Cancer Treatment Advances, Patients and Doctors Push Back Against Drugs' Harsh Side Effects (apnews.com)

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For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary.

They’ve ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging drugmakers to do a better job at finding the lowest effective dose, even if it takes more time.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure but I think some of these drugs can make permanent damage.

Obviously survival remains the topmost concern, but thinking about side effects sounds like the logical next step now that we've made tremendous progress with survival.