Seeking Cure

Nothing is set in stone in this life, so we never know what comes next. We might be driving down the road
on a sunny day enjoying the moment of just being and then the next moment suddenly its all over. One thing
sure in this life is death. Most of us are not expecting it to come anytime soon and don´t give it much thought.
Others are forced to face the thought that it might come sooner than expected. But we don´t expect it to be us.
It always happens to other people.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the developed world. The number of people getting diagnosed
continues to rise. Now it is expected that 1 in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their
life. According to World Cancer Research Fund International 12.7 million people in the world got diagnosed
with cancer in 2008. In the same year 7.6 million people died from it.
Conventional treatment consists of three things, that is operation, chemotherapy and radiation. Chemotherapy
is a dangerous drug as it attacks your whole body. It kills not only your cancer cells, but healthy cells
aswell. Chemo and radiation therapy are both known to be carcinogenic so they can cause other cancers
than the one you started with. American cancer society´s website, have a special section on their webpage
about second cancers caused by cancer treatment.
Scientists at the McGill Cancer Center did a research poll amongst 118 doctors who all are experts on cancer.
The research showed that 3 of every 4 doctors would refuse chemotherapy for themselves due to its
devastating effects on the entire body and the immune system, and because of its extremely low success rate.