> in Scotland where we have (possibly as a result of the weirdly high levels of cancer)
Interesting, I had no idea and just looked this up[0]:
> Scotland had the highest overall incidence (446 for men and 379 for women per 100 000), and Wales had the second highest rate (450 and 366 per 100 000), compared with 394 and 338 per 100 000 in England and 394 and 345 per 100 000 in Northern Ireland.
Thanks, she had little to no side effects from the experimental immunotherapy drug. She'd said at the outset she didn't want to be a "chemo zombie" having been through all that about 20 years ago (she's had four different cancers throughout my lifetime, treatment getting better every time).
It's fucking expensive, but immunotherapy is really a miracle cancer treatment. We're not quite at "Oh you've just got a wee bit of cancer, we can give you something for that if you see the pharmacist on your way out" but we're not far off.
Interesting, I had no idea and just looked this up[0]:
> Scotland had the highest overall incidence (446 for men and 379 for women per 100 000), and Wales had the second highest rate (450 and 366 per 100 000), compared with 394 and 338 per 100 000 in England and 394 and 345 per 100 000 in Northern Ireland.
This would make Scotland rank 3rd in the table on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cancer_ra... .
PS: Glad to hear your mom is doing well!
[0]: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1939786/