What Happens If You Refuse Chemotherapy
Refusing chemo when your oncologist recommended it after surgery means microscopic cancer cells already floating in your blood or sitting in lymph nodes stay alive with nothing stopping them from growing back. Adjuvant chemo exists to kill exactly those cells that...
When Is Targeted Therapy Better Than Chemotherapy ?
Targeted therapy blocks specific proteins or gene mutations that a particular cancer uses to grow while chemotherapy kills all rapidly dividing cells regardless of whether they belong to the tumor or not. Targeted drugs work only when the tumor carries a mutation the...
Immunotherapy vs Chemotherapy for Cancer
Immunotherapy trains the body’s own immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells while chemotherapy uses drugs that kill all rapidly dividing cells regardless of whether they’re cancerous or healthy. Immunotherapy produces longer-lasting responses in...