# Possible cancer cure, but decades out for trials?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cancer-cure-but-decades-out-for-trials/593357>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 19, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cancer-cure-but-decades-out-for-trials/593357 "2011-08-19T19:13:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cancer-cure-but-decades-out-for-trials/593357/21 "2011-08-19T22:46:05Z")

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Health insurance won’t pay for experimental drugs, so there is not much incentive for drug comapanies to support the dual track approach.

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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cancer-cure-but-decades-out-for-trials/593357/22 "2011-08-19T23:49:08Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> It’s still on the market for a bunch of cancers. It’s just not approved for breast cancer anymore.

Yes, apologies for my mistake.

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