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One Dose of 5-FU Chemotherapy Can Kill You

One dose of 5-FU chemotherapy can kill you if you have a DPD enzyme deficiency. There’s a test to prevent this, but most oncologists aren’t using it.

Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Two Chemo Drugs Linked to Breast Cancer Spread

A new study found that two commonly used breast cancer drugs can promote lung metastasis in a previously undiscovered way.

Study: 70% of early stage breast cancer patients don’t need chemo

In a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that about 70% of patients diagnosed with the most common type of breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy after surgery.

Study attacking alternative medicine proves little more than industry bias

A new study claims “Alternative medicine for cancer more than doubles death risk” and reveals the truth about cancer industry researchers.

Chemo may spread breast cancer and trigger more aggressive tumors

Scientists at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that, while shrinking the tumors, chemotherapy opens a gateway for cancer cells to spread into the blood and then to other parts of the body.

Chemo kills up to 50% of cancer patients in some hospitals

Patients should be warned about the dangers of chemotherapy after new research published in The Lancet Oncology showed that cancer drugs are killing up to 50% of patients in some hospitals.

Groundbreaking study finds half of breast cancer patients don’t need chemo

The shocking results of the long awaited MINDACT clinical trial are in. Many breast cancer patients have been receiving chemotherapy treatments they didn’t need, and that made no difference in their survival.

The sneaky way Big Pharma is ripping off cancer patients to the tune of $3 billion per year

The U.S. federal Medicare program and private health insurers waste nearly $3 billion every year buying cancer medicines that are thrown out because many drug makers distribute the drugs only in vials that hold too much for most patients.

Chemo causes long-term immune system damage in breast cancer patients

A recent study published in Breast Cancer Research found that chemotherapy reduced levels of key immune cells in breast cancer patients for at least nine months after treatment.

Study: Chemo is pointless for stage II colon cancer

A new study found that colon cancer patients who were treated with chemotherapy had worse quality of life, and were on average nearly three times more likely to have a cancer recurrence, and two times more likely to die within two years of their diagnosis than those who did not have chemo.