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I am living proof that cancer research works.

In 1990, I was diagnosed with an indolent lymphoma, follicular lymphoma.

It returned in 2002 and 2019 but transformed as a more aggressive lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

In 2019, I went through 4 different therapies over 2 years; all unsuccessful.
In fact, matters got worse between the 3rd and 4th treatments as I required a walker.
When it returned in 2019, it was near my spinal column.

I started a treatment in 2021 for a new drug (approved by the FDA in 2020) that worked.
I was able to walk freely.

Trump is pursuing a legacy of retribution vs cancer treatments.
There have been promising trials using mRNA vaccine for treatment of pancreatic cancer.

https://www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrna-vaccines-fight-pancreatic-cancer-msk-clinical-researchers-are-trying-find-out

mRNA vaccines could be used for treatment of other types of cancer and immunity diseases.
But putting RFK Jr, the biggest anti-vaxxer on the planet, as head of HHS was the wrong decision.

MENENIUS
There is no more
mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
--Shakespeare, Coriolanus 5.4.28-29