If the cancer is defeated?

More than 200 000 die annually from the German insidious disease of cancer - Prof. Dr. Werner Hohenberger, President of German Cancer Society, takes a look at the future of cancer research.

Prof. Hohenberger: "No, but the chances of recovery will continue to rise. If they were to lymph nodes or testicular cancer a few years ago at 20 percent, they have now risen to 80 percent. It will also happen with other cancers. However, will die in 20 years cancer patients. "

Will there be chemotherapy, the less damage the body?

Prof. Hohenberger: "Yes, the research attempts to develop chemotherapies fail their side effects (such as organ damage, nausea, hair loss) is less strong. BUT: Without side effects of chemotherapy in 20 years will never be. "
 
If you avoid drugs, tumors that spread?

Prof. Hohenberger: "Yes, should be one of the major developments in the coming years. The research is to develop certain substances that block the metabolism of tumor cells targeted, thus prevent the cancer from growing. However, these funds would have to be taken, since it can begin after the discontinuation of their cancer to grow again over a longer period of time. "

Will there be in 20 years, vaccinations against the most common cancers?

Prof. Hohenberger: No, probably not. "Vaccination against tumor cells is a difficult undertaking, but that can work in theory but in practice often stretched to its limits. Nature is unpredictable. "