So Long and Thanks for All the Fish – Conclusion to “Vanlife: Cancer Edition”

Going back through to see what happened to this story and here's the (short) final update.

Previously posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31106978

Original comments on the whole story here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30983714

I edited the title to mentally link it with the previous post as that was fairly popular and I don't think the post with just the title highlighted that this was the final update, hence the lack of traction. Apologies if that's in bad taste.

Sad news. We need to stop the metastatic part of cancer, it is an absolute death sentence. In my opinion, we're still in the dark on treating this. Treatments shouldn't buy someone one year, it should work for 10-20 years. How do we get to this point?