[deleted] t1_isk1377 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 3:59 PM

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A_Shadow t1_iskf5ja wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:30 PM

While this article is definitely click bait, the idea that cancer treatment has not changed is absurdly wrong.

Look up the difference in survival rates of melanoma or childhood leukemia now compared to a few decades ago.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Pediatric-leukemia-survival-trends-from-1950-to-the-present-Data-obtained-from-Kersey_fig1_248706755

[deleted] t1_iskft34 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:34 PM

I'm talking about the full on treatment via vaccine or some special pill. All that has been done is literally hook people to profitable drugs. Yes, the profitable drugs are better than they used to be. But not by much. Survival means very little. You are hooked to shitty drugs for the rest of your life in many of these cases.

GWsublime t1_iskhhi4 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:45 PM

Cite that please. Unless treatment fails I'm not aware of any chemotherapy that you need to be on for the rest of your life.

AstriumViator t1_ism2t4b wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:14 AM

Do you have experience in this case?

My dad had stage 4 stomach cancer that spread to his bones and eventually his brain. The medicines he was on was to help with nausea from the aggressive treatment, he was given medicine for anxiety, for pain, for trouble sleeping, etc. All this medicine was to help him have enough energy to try to keep fighting cancer. He knew exactly what was happening, and he still wanted a fighting chance and doctors gave him that. When it did spread to his brain, that was when they told him and my mom that treatment very likely will do more harm than good anymore. And they were concerned with the quality of life over longevity at that point. They gave him the option to quit or keep going. He quit, because he wanted to be able to travel.

My point is, hospitals arent trying to make you hooked. They just want you to feel good enough to get going, and hopefully get better permanently. If that's not feasible, they talk to you about your options, like they do from day one.