What Makes Cancer So Hard to Cure

Cancer claims the lives of hundreds of thousands every year. So why can't we find a cure? What makes this disease nearly impossible to beat? Join Hank Green as he explains why it's harder than it looks, and what we CAN do in this new episode of SciShow! ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Christopher Prevoe, Justin Ove, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Ruben Galvao, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867411001279 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867400816839 http://www.nature.com/news/technology-the-1-000-genome-1.14901 http://www.nature.com/articles/nature12831.epdf?referrer_access_token=QF6wYDyfrryBoXw1bKMWjdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MMmSSO4vO-gLg0ACEpB9IWdWhSYtS2mT7zlmpQSM2I8ewJB69h-le3X7d_MwDaNd9ph7lK1cjyH2RVw7tQ1fMjGaneTN-rRSUB-u7Pmc44Ydbz0wt5_CBtIRDKZh0aXiuGgbqiR18mtUZxtm9Ypczd8TfQ4lj25tF6cWacB5ixg8BdHyXkbpxt_CVCLev1aPU%3D&tracking_referrer=www.nature.com http://www.nature.com/articles/nature11003.epdf?referrer_access_token=5E5o1uwIGh7H4tr6EHWHCdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OKLuJtWKbDm_c3Ow-wMdPsS4uKo2DLWyC4t6SNVa64kDx4F45pcjmzSEARLc2JBpIkwHECqg0BsP2d5W8fmGN_to9I0UC6vgk2gpCPBD7-CY7HVVUh4uV-SplCONplc83o9WOLjkJYXsTJRXVaMPJxEhSrm2H8H-vPjL2750t7Lg%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.nature.com http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra072367 http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/proto-oncogenes-to-oncogenes-to-cancer-883 http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/tumor-suppressor-ts-genes-and-the-two-887# http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/gleevec-the-breakthrough-in-cancer-treatment-565 http://cancergenome.nih.gov/newsevents/newsannouncements/TCGA_The_Next_Stage http://www.molecular-cancer.com/content/pdf/1476-4598-9-254.pdf http://www.hindawi.com/journals/njos/2014/757534/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18425818 http://www.illumina.com/systems/hiseq-x-sequencing-system/system.html http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349233 http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v111/n5/full/bjc2014215a.html http://chemoth.com/ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment/types/radiation-therapy/radiation-fact-sheet http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancers-in-general/treatment/chemotherapy/chemotherapy-side-effects