Monday, August 6, 2012

The Guinea Pig Generation

It's complicated.
Shocking, I tell you.
Nobody could have predicted.

Chemotherapy can backfire, make cancer worse by triggering tumor growth
Long considered the most effective cancer-fighting treatment, chemotherapy may actually make cancer worse, according to a shocking new study.
The extremely aggressive therapy, which kills both cancerous and healthy cells indiscriminately, can cause healthy cells to secrete a protein that sustains tumor growth and resistance to further treatment.
I wonder if my friend who just died of a brain tumor might have appreciated that information before they infused all that poison into her head...
tic tic tic tic tic.