Use of Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancerthe percentage of survival after the completion of
found in women in the 21st century. Doctors havethe treatment.
also adopted a singular line of treatment and that isMany researches have been done on this subject and
mastectomy which means removal of the affectedit has been proven that the rate of survival is very
breast. After that they refer the patient to thelow. The oncologists promise their patients that if
oncologist who prescribes chemotherapy with athey survive for five years after the treatment then
promise that the patient will be totally cured andthey can be sure that they have been cured of
there will be no recurrence of the disease. Thisbreast cancer. Recurrences have occurred within the
promise induces the patient to bear the pains of thefirst ten years after mastectomy, this clearly shows
treatment. They are promised longevity after thethat a patient has to live in constant fear of
completion of the treatment. The fear of death andrecurrence and death for the first ten years after
the promise of a healthy life relieve them of fear andmastectomy.
they opt for the treatment.Many times the patients are assured that if there is
The oncologists hide the hard truth thatno recurrence within the first five years then they
chemotherapy cannot wipe off all the cancerous cells.can assume that they have been totally cured. But it
It is a fact that chemotherapy does not have theis a hard fact that diseases which have recurrence
potentiality to kill all the cancerous cells present in thetendency may lie dormant in the body for years and
body; on the other hand the healthy cells in the bodypush up its head when the body becomes weak.
are also killed during the chemotherapy treatmentResidue of the diseased cell may remain in the body
due to which the natural immune system of the bodyand slowly and gradually spread in the body without
is destroyed which gives rise to other healthshowing any symptoms and thus remain undetected
problems as the patient suffers the attack of otherfor years. So mastectomy and chemotherapy is not
infectious diseases. Patients do not ask any questiona full proof treatment for breast cancer.
about the effectiveness of the treatment or what is