Cancer is the most dreaded illness that affects one in three of us. It sends shivers and until recently it was unavoidable death sentence. But recent advancement in personalized treatment which is six times more effective will give hope and comfort to cancer patients and their families. It will spare many patients from receiving unnecessary treatment with one size fits all treatment that include dreaded chemotherapy with loss of hair and terrible side-effects.
The full detail will be published at next week’s conference, whether chemotherapy is necessary and the best drugs needed according to the type of cancer one may have, a specialized treatment depending upon one’s need and type of cancer one may have. This will also stop cancer returning that is so common at present.
In women it is Brest cancer and in men Prostate cancer that affects us most, being fatal with highest cancer deaths accredited.
While we invent medication for well-known medical conditions, the new illnesses emerge with equally dreadful effect on our health and wellbeing. Widespread use of antibiotics make certain illnesses untreatable, as our bodies become immune to these over prescribed drugs, needing better, more powerful antibiotics with terrible side-effects.
With rising population and life longevity, it is indeed time to put our priorities in order before it is too late!
Kumudini Valambia
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