Drug costs become bigger issue in cancer care

prevention as acids, Tabasco eat every day, vitamins and do not eat the bases.

prevention as acids, Tabasco eat every day, vitamins and do not eat the bases.

Huh???

Prevention is important, however this just doesn't sound right.

fresh research that has identified cases where cheaper generic drugs can work just as well - or better - than expensive brand-name medications.

Good to see someone admit that. And they are talking not only about old, harsher chemotherapy drugs with more side effects, but actually that some multi-purpose drugs not designed for treating cancer, can be used in a well designed chemotherapy regimen with great effect.

The conundrum: Society wants safe medicines - but they do not want to test them too much...

Society wants effective medicines - but they do not want to test them too much...

No matter how much computer modeling or 'in silico' testing you, it can't replicate a real human body.

Then, a large proportion of the studies are undertaken in men with a single disease between 20 and 50 years old who take no other medicines, then after launch they are given to older women, with multiple pathologies, taking multiple medicines..... no wonder there are problems!

This isn't a problem specific to cancer treatment. What the article fails to mention are the "medical conferences" (aka paid holidays at high end resorts) paid for by the drug companies to doctors who prescribe their medications, the kickbacks to hospitals (yes, this happens internationally, I know an accountant for a major drug company and there are dozens of loopholes exploited to make this legal), etc.

The bottom line is that many doctors sell out their patients. ... and medical institutions artificially restrict the number of doctors that can graduate each year so that any mass actions against this sort of malpractice would cripple any nation's health infrastructure, leaving governments unable to act against it. Doctors are effectively fire-proof thanks to their "guild".