Dec 07
22
Chemo Less Necessary for Breast Cancer?
It used to be that the “standard” treatment for breast cancer involved some form of chemotherapy, especially if it was in more advanced stages. After studies were done that strongly suggested chemo may definitely not be all that it’s cracked up to be in the treatment of breast cancer, and that also it could affect the survival rate of some patients – to the negative, more breast cancer research studies have recently come out that seem to be further discrediting such harsh treatments for breast cancer.Â
I personally had a relative that passed away from the disease more than ten years ago, and watched chemotherapy literally waste her away before my family’s eyes, making her a shadow of her former self. After I witnessed that, I vowed to myself that if my mother or any woman close to me were to get breast cancer, I would search high and low for effective alternative therapies to something that I considered, and still consider, almost worse than the disease itself.Â
That’s just my personal opinion, and I’m sure there are some it has helped, but I feel that it only helps at the cost of severely destroying the healthy cells as well, and making one’s quality of life suffer tremendously, so I question the logic in that.Â
Anyways, new studies are showing that women that even may have cancer that has spread into their lymph nodes may be able to bypass more serious treatments such as chemotherapy and other harsh, cell destroying drugs, and move to a more gentle approach. In fact, they are looking at evidence that this can even extend lifespan and improve chances of a full remission.
Indeed, this is wonderful news for all women, as we are all at risk. Some of us more than others due to female family history (like myself). It pays to read the news on this, as it could definitely affect one of us, or someone near and dear to us.Â
