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Luke O'Neill

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1510 total appearances

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The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

How quickly would it become available?

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

I mean, this was a phase three trial.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Now, if your number is up and you have this kind of cancer, there's an argument that says, okay, let's go with this.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Because, I mean, the alternative is do nothing and you die.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Yeah.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Get RAS and you live a good bit longer, perhaps.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Now, you're right, Pat.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Importantly, it's gone through the phase three.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

That's the last phase of testing and lots of patients were given the drug and they see this doubling in survival.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

That gives us huge confidence that it really works.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Now, there'll be pressure to get it approved as quickly as possible and made available.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

And in America, Pat, in particular, this is an American discovery.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

They fast track these things in cancer for the very reason you said, because this is lethal, isn't it?

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

So in a couple of months, they reckon it'll be available, this idea.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Yeah.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Now, there was a prominent American who was treated with this part of the trial and has done well.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

Yeah, he was good, actually.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

He was a congressman, Ben Sasse.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

I'm not sure if he's a Democratic or Republican, but he was on the trial and he began reporting on it.

The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill with some promising advances in treating pancreatic & ovarian cancer

And he was given literally three months to live and he's still alive.