Unfortunately, evolution is evolution, and if there is any way that cancer cells can trick the immune system that does not require CD47, trust me we'll know about it after the first few months using this drug. We've probably learned more about the intricate inner workings of cells by studying the ways in which cancers can evade treatments than by any other method. Still, I don't doubt this will be another tool in the oncologists tool belt and likely a useful one at that.
Is cancer cured? Not by a long shot!
What I find mildly disappointing is that cancer is an evolutionary process, but it is still treated primarily as a cell signaling disease. That is, everyone is studying how to attack individual cells. What we really need is a better understanding of the evolutionary process as a whole. Combination treatments are likely the correct solution, but which ones? in what doses? with what timing? Those are questions we need to answer.
Is cancer cured? Not by a long shot!
What I find mildly disappointing is that cancer is an evolutionary process, but it is still treated primarily as a cell signaling disease. That is, everyone is studying how to attack individual cells. What we really need is a better understanding of the evolutionary process as a whole. Combination treatments are likely the correct solution, but which ones? in what doses? with what timing? Those are questions we need to answer.