http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=126-10162003

这是我所能找到的最新的关于癌症研究进度的权威报告，是本月16日的一篇讲稿，

作者是美国癌症协会首席执行官，国际防癌联盟网总裁.

对象是国家媒体俱乐部，大约是要作为媒体相关癌症报道的权威参考。

文中有这几点：

1：癌症仍是不可治愈的，不过这里他对治愈作了严格的界定，指症状消失后还要

多年不复发。如果仅仅是症状明显消失（significant response/remission rate〕

只说明癌细胞对某些治疗有明显反应而已。

Reports that note there has been a significant response/remission rate only

tell the readers that the cancer is sensitive to a particular treatment. But

this usually does not mean the cancer is completely eradicated unless the

response or remission is sustained for a prolonged period of time. Though

responses and remissions are desirable, they do not equate with cure unless

they are complete and sustained. Thus caution in interpreting early reports

of favorable response rates would be prudent.

2：关于科学研究进程，他举了两个例子，第一个就是Dr. Judah Folkman，新生血管

抑制剂的理论提出者。这个研究者本人也是受到美国癌症协会资助的，在五年前成果

振奋了全世界，CNN与纽约时报当时都以头条或整版作过报道。另一位诺贝奖获得者评

价说“两年内Judah可以治愈癌症”，但是五年过去了，距离控制癌症仍然道路茫茫。

不过他评价Dr. Folkman的工作仍然极有前景，仍是当前最重要的课题。

another former Society grantee, and Nobel laureate, was quoted as saying

"Judah is going to cure cancer in two years." Now, five years later, Dr.

Folkman\'s work continues to show great promise -- indeed, it is among the

most important cancer research currently taking place -- but we are still a

long, long way from fully controlling this disease.

另一个例子是Gleevec,他举例时只提到此药对白血病的特效，但是疗效不能肯定。

我从其他网站看到，主要是血癌的细胞基因突变使其失效，

在总结性的7条中，他提到在威胁美国人生命的几种不治之症中，癌症是最有希望

被预防和治愈的。

6. In truth, cancer is potentially the most preventable and the most curable

of the major life-threatening diseases confronting Americans.

全文网址在这：癌症研究的突破性进展：真相与错误

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=126-10162003

Breakthroughs in Cancer Research: What\'s Real and What\'s Not;

Remarks by John R. Seffrin at the National Press Club

10/16/03 12:30:00 PM