Targeting Cancer vs. Hoping It Works #precisiononcology #medicalscience
20 Mar 2026 · 0 min
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In this brief monologue, Dr. Dino Prato, NMD, challenges the common oncological claim that some cancers are "invisible" or "cold" to the immune system and therefore unresponsive to immunotherapy. He asserts that the immune system is the primary and first line of defense against cancer, and that the problem is not a lack of immune recognition but a lack of the necessary knowledge for the immune system to effectively target the tumor. Dr. Prato frames precision oncology as the effort to provide the immune system with that knowledge, enabling it to shut down cancer. He rejects the fatalistic view that nothing can be done for such tumors and positions precision oncology as a hopeful, knowledge‑driven approach.
