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