Why does chemotherapy not cure my cancer?

As a medical oncologist treating pancreatic, liver, gall bladder and colon cancer with chemotherapy, I try to extend patients’ lives and maintain a decent quality of life. Patients understandably ask me, ‘with all the talk of advances of cancer treatments in the media why can’t chemotherapy cure cancer?’ Can chemotherapy cure cancer then? Yes it […]

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Why does chemotherapy not cure my cancer?

As a medical oncologist treating pancreatic, liver, gall bladder and colon cancer with chemotherapy, I try to extend patients’ lives and maintain a decent quality of life. Patients understandably ask me, ‘with all the talk of advances of cancer treatments in the media why can’t chemotherapy cure cancer?’ Can chemotherapy cure cancer then? Yes it […]

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