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Kaibeezy
Does chemotherapy affect normal cells in such a way that they will turn around and help cancer cells? The answer is yes.

Oof, that's a horror. Can someone with knowledge in this area explain why this isn't the end of chemo?

geoffjentry
Because the patient would still wind up living longer than they would have otherwise. Would you rather die of cancer in six months or from a different cancer 10 years from now? Many people would prefer the latter.
[dead] tata71
Sure the numbers will come out like that?
Kaibeezy
Ah, of course, there would be a delay. Would a lag of several years be common, or could be much shorter / longer?
geoffjentry
It's not that straightforward.

One thing to consider though is that 5 year survival is often used as a measuring stick on treatments in cancer. So events within those 5 years would count against the treatment.

pvaldes
Not better alternatives, even if it has been the direct cause of death in some patients with rare genetics. Not everybody is able to stand it
tata71
THC isn't a better alternative?

This won't age well.

pvaldes
"Random X cures cancer. Nobody has been able to prove it in a lab but is just because there is a big pharma conspiracy"

I had heard that reasoning ten times before with ten different X. If science was so simple as wishing for it...

subsaharancoder
I thought mice studies don't directly translate to humans..