Important notes for anyone and their family, if they develop cancer.
1) It must be the personal priority of that person, with the help of their family, to get treatment without delay.
2) Most cancers are treatable, so the biggest factor in mortality is procrastination. Patients often go into denial, or find reasons to not get treatment; and some doctors are just as bad, delaying their treatment for vital months.
3) Less treatable cancers are best addressed by the patient moving to one of the regional cancer research nodes in the country. Then they can “go shopping” to various research facilities to try and get in on new therapies. This also strongly helps these research facilities because they often have a hard time getting test subjects.
4) A very accurate diagnosis for an exact kind of cancer is vital, because different cancers have different treatment regimens. For example, there are 12-15 different kinds of breast cancer, and each one has a somewhat different *optimal* therapy. A “sub-optimal” or general therapy may work, but it is always better to have a fine tuned therapy.
5) Fatalism is self-destructive. Even when a cancer has metastasized, that is, spread through the body, in some cases treatments are so effective that they can wipe it out no matter where it is.
6) Ironically, so much research is being done today, that *nobody* has all the facts. So it is vital to continue to research every aspect and element of the disease and its treatments. This can be downright dangerous if you are getting oncological therapy from somebody who is “behind the curve” in the latest advances in treating that kind of cancer.
May The Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
And may Our Lady bless you with her maternal love.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
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