I am so enthusiastic about therapies that harness the power of the body to fight cancer. I remember a NYT article where doctors created a massive fever in a patient who then tested clear when before he was on death's door. I can't find the article, but this one talks about doctors using salmonella and listera to try to induce fevers to fight cancers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1313773/Can-fever-cure-cancer-Jordan-baffled-doctors-leukaemia-vanished-new-evidence-suggests-remarkable-explanation-.html
It makes so much sense. Our current regime basically decimates the immune system in hopes it will kill the cancer as well. But doctors can't explain why for many, the cancer returns. In the model of teaching the immune system to fight the kind of cancer the body is prone to, the chances are much better that it will not return. And this kind of therapy does not have the long term damage of chemo and radiation. I hope and pray that within my lifetime they find a successful treatment that is not so harsh and debilitating. I don't know anyone who has died of cancer, but know lots of people who have died from the side effects of cancer treatment.
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