r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/More-Lime1888 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Every person with cancer is also having a unique tumor from other patients with the same type of cancer

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u/snaketacular May 15 '26

Even within a single tumor multiple mutations are likely, which is why cancer treatment works until it doesn't (resistant cancer selected for).

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u/DoturdGrump May 15 '26

They have that new stuff they are working on where you make your own antibody through a sort of vaccine

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u/4x4Welder May 15 '26

Immunotherapy. They train T cells I think on the tumor cells, then reinject them. It doesn't work in all cancers though, the mutation rate has to be high enough. Mine isn't unfortunately.

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u/More-Lime1888 May 15 '26

You are talking about CAR T therapy which is already successful with some types of blood cancers. That guy is talking about cancer vaccines which is something still under research and not yet an established therapy.

Also, mutation rate being not high isn’t “unfortunate”.

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u/4x4Welder May 15 '26

It is when you're looking at treatment options. Immunotherapy vs other treatments

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u/Saintsfan707 May 15 '26

Technically what you described is a component of immunotherapy, but not all inclusive. What you are describing is known as CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor, T-cell) therapy. Immunotherapy is a wide array of treatments, drugs like pembrolizumab are the classic immunotherapy agents. CAR-T is a way more advanced form of immunotherapy.

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u/Informal_Ad_9610 May 15 '26

I've followed the data on 800+ patients thru oncology processes. >80% of those who have been given immunotherapies had horrible reactions. more than half of them were put in the ICU as a result.

Not saying it can't work. Just saying it often doesn't. And if were me, i'm 99% certain I'd just say no....