Breast Cancer Treatment Options
The War on Cancer
The “War on Cancer” initiated by President Nixon turned out to be a huge failure. After all, cancer is still undefeated and even worse; it actually continues to be on the rise with no end in sight.
Think about it: I am now 37 years old. If I go back in time, let’s say about 20 years, I barely knew anybody with cancer. And let’s go back another 20 years and look at the statistics or ask relatives or friends how much they knew about cancer or how many people they personally knew battling with the disease. My point is: every 7th or 8th women today in the United States will get breast-cancer this year. Go back in time and you will realize it wasn’t like that 20, 40, 60, 80 years ago. Nowadays, almost everybody knows someone with cancer. And very likely you will find someone within your own family.
My wife Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2009. In August 2009, my mother was hospitalized for removing a tumor – she has cervical cancer. On October 1st, just a few weeks ago, after I had encountered blood in my urine, my urologist ordered a CAT-Scan that revealed a 6.2 cm tumor in my left kidney (please visit my other website which I dedicated to my Kidney-Cancer). I am about to have surgery during which my kidney will be removed entirely. It’s insane. Cancer is everywhere. It’s not that remote mysterious disease anymore that was likely to spare you.
The page has turned. Cancer is growing, even though billions of $$ where poured into science and research to find the magic bullet, after Nixon proudly declared to battle it and to declare victory in record time. And when I speak of President Nixon, I certainly don’t mean to point my finger at the USA – the situation is the same everywhere in the Western World. Is it only me imagining that all? Is it simply coincidental that both, my wife and I got diagnosed with cancer, plus my mom and another 10 folks I know – just this year? You may object to my standpoint as many people in fact do. They argue with statistics and data clearly, at least according to them, indicating that cancer, and especially breast cancer incidents have been consistently going down over the past few decades. Well, I got to admit that math wasn’t necessarily my strongest subject back in the days but I do know how to read data and graphs, furthermore, I know how easy it to tweak numbers. Actually, you don’t really have to tweak them, it’s much rather a matter of how you present them.
