Rather sad poor girl

[redgiant]

The raw food and vitamin approach worked really well for Steve Jobs.

Depends on the cancer. Pancreatic cancer is very aggressive and has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers. Sometimes it's a case of too little, too late. He was lucky to survive as long as he did as the vast majority die in the first five years after diagnosis.

[NickFitz]

There are some alternatives to Chemo - such as changes in diet (raw food diets, high doses of vitamins etc.).

However doctors don't want to recommend them because the drug and medical equipment companies have invested too much in chemo and radiotherapy that they steer doctors away from them ... also I believe it's illegal in the US for doctors to recommend any vitamin treatment.

To be fair, doctors have a duty of care towards their patients, so they probably prefer to recommend treatments that actually have some chance of working rather than a load of complete and utter horsetulip about raw food and vitamins.

[oracleslave]

There are some alternatives to Chemo - such as changes in diet (raw food diets, high doses of vitamins etc.).

However doctors don't want to recommend them because the drug and medical equipment companies have invested too much in chemo and radiotherapy that they steer doctors away from them ... also I believe it's illegal in the US for doctors to recommend any vitamin treatment.

You sound worse than Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

[doodab]

However doctors don't want to recommend them because the drug and medical equipment companies have invested too much in chemo and radiotherapy that they steer doctors away from them ... also I believe it's illegal in the US for doctors to recommend any vitamin treatment.

If the 'alternatives' actually worked as well as chemo they would be the standard therapy. Unfortunately chemotherapy is the most efficacious treatment in many cases. The conspiracy theory doesn't hold water, especially outside the US. Do you think their drug companies hold any sway in Iran?

There are alternative therapies with less horrid side effects being developed, the more advanced of them use antibodies that bind to cancer cells to deliver targeted chemo or radio therapy and reduce side effects. I'm sure they would deliver vitamin C instead if it worked.

[KentPhilip]

Well the crap jokes have started:


Following her double mastectomy, Angelina and husband Brad have announced they will be ditching their normal title.

From now on they'll be the Pitts with no Tits.

and


What's the difference between a belt and a bra?

Not a lot if you're Angelina Jolie.

Try not to give me too much negative rep..

[wurzel]

Can someone please post some cheery news?

Here you go...

Tommy Chong licks cancer

Inevitably he claims it was the weed that did it.

[cailin maith]

I just don't see it as a tough decision - especially when you have six children.

Same here.

To be fair, doctors have a duty of care towards their patients, so they probably prefer to recommend treatments that actually have some chance of working rather than a load of complete and utter horsetulip about raw food and vitamins.

WHS

[MaryPoppins]

I'm assuming some information has been missed out in the reporting if this.

OK, 87% chance of getting cancer. That (as far as I know) doesn't translate to an 87% chance of death. There's still chemo etc isn't there?

Seems a rather drastic tactic to take.

That's like saying that you have an 87% chance of getting hit by a bus, but 'might' not be killed by it. If there was a chance to avoid that, you'd probably take it.

Sadly.

I've been recommended to have this test this year, and if I have the gene I would do the same as AJ and lots of other women. I don't want to go through what other women in my family have.

[d000hg]

Well epi can make that choice for him/her (but I bet it's a him) self then. Maybe he could have unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man - even though there's a high chance of getting infected, there's no guarantee he'll get AIDS.

[cailin maith]

That's like saying that you have an 87% chance of getting hit by a bus, but 'might' not be killed by it. If there was a chance to avoid that, you'd probably take it.

Sadly.

I've been recommended to have this test this year, and if I have the gene I would do the same as AJ and lots of other women. I don't want to go through what other women in my family have.