Dr. Peter Glidden cites a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, which found that over a 12-year period, chemotherapy did not cure adult cancer 97% of the time.
Is it related to profit. Money making business.
As all of us know that cancer (malignant) has no answer, then I think research should be directed towards living of patients with lesser pain and discomfort. I come to know today that 3% adult cancer patients with malignancy cures by chemotherapy; previously I was having an idea of 100% failure of chemotherapy. In my knowledge, I know some people are living after operation of cancer effected segregated organs, but nobody loving more than 2 years after chemotherapy alone.
Dear Dr. Thomas,
You have mentioned the name of the author and the Journal in which the publication was made.
It will be nice if you could kindly arrange for the full details of the publication, namely, the year of publication, volume of the journal and the page numbers.
I would like to read the article if it is accessible by me on internet, before making any further comment on this subject.
With best wishes,
ARB
Can you please post the full details of the article? As you probably know, it's difficult to "cure" cancer. The likelihood of curing a cancer depends on the type (and subtype) of cancer, staging, and patient specific characteristics. Treatment of cancer can be given with either an intent to cure or for palliative reasons. Chemotherapy is one treatment modality (others include radiation, surgery, and tumor treating fields) and one that is not always given with an intent to cure, often it is given to reduce disease burden and therefore improve quality of life (especially in aggressive, late stage cancers). Even the use of chemotherapy depends on the malignancy and stage and in many cases it is used in the later stages.
Although the provided reference not found, I think the discussion in the following link may help.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_Doctors_Profit_from_Chemotherapy
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chemotherapy-doctor-blows-the-whistle/
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