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This week Cracking Cancer is highlighting the TRIANA study, which is investigating ALK glue degradors in the fight against cancer.
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The Cracking Cancer Podcast is happy to announce a new series, where we highlight ongoing cancer trials of interest. Check them out every week!
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It's not a magic pill. It actually acts like a standard chemo, but it's less safe and less effective than the treatments we already use.
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If a medical study hasn't been peer-reviewed, the crucial checks and balances are missing. We have to look closely at what’s left out.
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The irony is wild: people use fenbendazole wanting a "natural" cure, but it's 100% synthetic. Meanwhile, many chemos are naturally derived.
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Curing a mouse isn’t as high of a bar as people think. Many viral studies prevent a few cells from growing instead of shrinking a real tumor.
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Fenbendazole actually showed real lab activity, but only when a specific gene was missing. True science needs context, not blanket miracle claims.
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People mix chemo with alternative drugs, then credit the alternative for their cure. In reality, conventional medicine did the heavy lifting.
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Hearing about a lone survivor on a trial makes patients ask "what's the harm?" in trying fenbendazole. The desperation is incredibly real.
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Unlike ivermectin, and surprisingly, fenbendazole does have mild preclinical activity in cancer. It works as a microtubule stabilizer, like taxane chemo, but has limited safety data. No idea if it’s tolerable in effective doses and we already have taxanes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Mild activity in cancer? Possibly. Worth trying? Certainly not in our opinion. We have safer alternatives that are approved. Based on the data we’ve seen, this is not the hope you’re looking for.
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Imagine losing access to a cancer clinical trial just because your small town doesn't have dry ice. Rural healthcare barriers are heartbreaking.
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Small-town patients are used to being known. Going to a massive cancer center where you never see the same nurse twice can feel so isolating.
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Zach drove hours for scans, passing local hospitals with CT scanners 5 mins away. Red tape is forcing patients to travel for no good reason.
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Choosing rural oncology isn’t a "failure" for a young doctor—it’s a massive success. We need to stop discouraging community medicine.
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It’s insane that oncologists can’t treat patients over Zoom just because of state line billing laws. Medicine doesn't change at the border.
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Before 2000, rural cancer outcomes were better than urban ones. Now, the gap is widening as cities advance faster. It's a major healthcare crisis.
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