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Alternative cancer therapies linked to reduced survival
Cancer patients who use alternative therapies may be more likely to shun conventional treatments and risk their chances of survival, research suggests.
A study of 1,290 patients in the US found people who received such therapies often refused life-saving care such as chemotherapy or surgery.
Fewer of them survived five years after starting treatment compared to those on standard care, researchers found.
Experts urged patients not to ditch proven cancer medicines.
Tell that to Steve Jobs.
Complementary Medicine, Refusal of Conventional Cancer Therapy, and Survival Among Patients With Curable Cancers (open, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.2487) (DX)
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday July 22 2018, @09:47PM (1 child)
First: most men die with prostate cancer, not of prostate cancer.
It sounds like your dad has a bad case, there are some very targeted therapies (thermal ablation comes to mind, there are others), which can dramatically reduce the symptoms with very little collateral damage.
Of course, with our cat, she just hates the vet, so we have decided that rather than making her periodically miserable dragging her to the vet for regular checkups, we'll let her take her chances with the world of disease and health problems. She turns 14 this year.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @06:50AM
Had the same situation with my cat. She did not like the change in scenery and overriding her will at all. When I got her back home, she would remind me how much she hated the place. She wasn't the same loving animal I had, now she was scared, untrusting, considered me a threat, and would tense up into very obvious unease whenever I picked her up.
I, like you, could not bear to force her to go through this again. Rather take my chances, and let her live in peace... even if it meant getting sick and dying in peace.
Thankfully, the law around here considers a cat to be a wild animal, and does not have to have tracking chips implanted into them or licensed. If she were a dog, I'd have no choice... too many snoops make it their business to pry into my business... they see my animal as a guaranteed moneymaker as long as they keep law in place to guarantee I have to jump through hoops for licensing.