Two things. If you follow the news closely, but lack specific expertise or knowledge, you develop this nihilistic sense of doom to some degree. The narrative of our age is that everything is in decline. It pulls clicks.
The other thing is that cancers are not created equal, not all treatments are evolving quickly. Your loved one may be suffering, and that’s your world.
I will say that I lost my beautiful wife a little over a year ago. She had an aggressive cancer, for which the 10-year survival rate was zero. Thanks to the miracle of immunotherapy, the five year survival rate is about 65%. At the same time, my 78 year old aunt successfully fought lung cancer that was a death sentence 20 years ago.
The other thing is that cancers are not created equal, not all treatments are evolving quickly. Your loved one may be suffering, and that’s your world.
I will say that I lost my beautiful wife a little over a year ago. She had an aggressive cancer, for which the 10-year survival rate was zero. Thanks to the miracle of immunotherapy, the five year survival rate is about 65%. At the same time, my 78 year old aunt successfully fought lung cancer that was a death sentence 20 years ago.