[NYTr] Cuba: New Possibilities for Treating Chronic Cancer

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New Possibilities for Treating Chronic Cancer

Havana, Dec 12 (acn) With treatments that are more biologically based --
and less toxic -- people suffering certain types of cancer can be 
treated as chronic patients, according to Cuban doctor Agustin Lage.

The director of the Cuban Center of Molecular Immunology (CIM) gave a 
presentation on the topic to 400 participants at the 3rd International 
Congress of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

In statements to ACN, Dr. Lage emphasized that the possibility of
treating certain cancers as chronic diseases changes the whole concept 
of the terrible illness. He explained that there are many incurable 
diseases that can be controlled, such as diabetes. Moreover, patients 
can have a good life for around 40 years if they handle their condition 
properly.

As with hypertension, said the doctor, we are getting closer to being 
able to control certain types of cancer, and so the patient can have a 
high quality of life as long as the tumor is kept under control, he 
noted.

The concept of chronic control has long been used in endocrinology and 
cardiology, but its use in relation to cancer patients is relatively 
new, said Lage.
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