I'm wondering whether you think we're seeing a rise in drugs based on these cancer growth inhibitors and whether those could actually turn cancer into something more of a chronic condition when we live with in old age rather than something that's often seen as a death sentence yeah great question it's already happening. Patients came up to me at this meeting and they've written to me patients are happy and delighted to see that we're working to find better therapies for them less toxic therapies to allow them to live longer. It's a very exciting time the time from discovery in the lab to the clinic is shorter than ever before so you learn from the patients who do well and unfortunately from those who don't know what
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