Posted: Jun 02, 2012 10:17 am
Rachel Bronwyn wrote:Every cancer is different as is every chemotherapy regimen so blanket statements just don't apply to the discussion of chemotherapy cost/benefit analysis.
We've all seen someone suffer through chemo and die. It's not a valid argument against.
Precisely: As, I expect, we've all seen someone die from cancer without undergoing chemotherapy.
It's the cancer that's the killer, and the chemotherapy is a calculated risk fully explained to the patients. No patient goes into chemo thinking 'Well, that's me sorted - I'll be right as rain in a few days cos the doc promised me'.