# Recovery rates for chemotherapy

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-rates-for-chemotherapy/753208 "2016-04-26T19:05:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-rates-for-chemotherapy/753208/29 "2016-04-29T02:16:09Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> We have MANY new chemo drugs compared with the 1990s, and also plenty of drugs to aid in the management of side effects. The new ones are more likely to be targeted therapy, mostly for types of cancer previously considered hopeless (from what I’ve seen, mostly melanoma and some types of usually adult-onset leukemia) or formulations of old drugs that also reduce side effects (and, unfortunately, give the drug companies an excuse to boost the price by assorted factors :mad: ).

May be I don’t know much about this as media is not talking about this because some how drones and going to moon and mars sounds more cool in public eye than talking about this. All the media wants talk about is drones, robots, AI and going to moon and mars and I’m getting sick of all those stories.

I’m sorta of pessimistic person like OP when it comes to medicine and doctors. I’m trying read stuff every day to change my views a bit but hard when being flooded with topic like drones, robots, AI and going to moon and mars every day.

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