16
2007
Skipping Chemo Could Be in the Future for Some
Some may be able to avoid the hard side effects of that staple of cancer care:

Avoiding chemotherapy is something most cancer patients, especially women will like to avoid. No cancer patient looks forward to the nausea, hair loss and weakened immune system that are the hallmarks of chemotherapy. Doctors at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting said they are closer to predicting which cancer patients can skip chemotherapy, and forego the side effects. Dr Aron Goldhirsch, of the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, said: “Chemotherapy is clearly effective for patients - on average. But can it be spared?”
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