is it true that it's illegal for clinics to treat cancer in ways that will cure it in the united states?
i've heard this rumor that it's actually illegal for clinics and cancer treatment centers to treat cancer in curable ways in the united states. is this true? i mean, i don't mean to sound dumb here, but it does seem somewhat reasonable to me considering how greedy most americans are...especially with how much money you can make in the medical field. my dad is on his death bed with cancer this moment, and if takes his life, i will lose all of the little respect i have for this country. but anyways, could you clear this up for me? thanks.
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no i dont think so
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it is illegal for them to use methods that the government hasn't approved that being said a lot of ppl have flocked to other countries for treatments that havent been approved yet..it takes a good 10-20 years for one to be approved...some of these so called cures can be deadly (many a women died form the supposide breast cancer cure with apricot pits) and some have shown to be very helpful and are in the process of being approved
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The United States does take time to approve treatments... but this is to protect people from things that will really hurt them. If we were able to cure cancer, I think the government would let doctors do it. Imagine the money hospitals could make from that! I would spend every last penny I had to save my life. Of course, even though I can be quite cynical at times, I still believe that humanity is motivated by something more than just money. The vast majority of doctors are not out there to rip off their patients. They want to help people. Don't listen to fallacious rumors that people start to undermine our great country. The US has the best doctors in the world. We have the best medical technology. We care about people's lives.
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The best treatments for cancer are meant to excise cancer cells completely early on or to kill the cancer cells in an area, usually taking a lot of healthy cells with them. Some cancers however are too difficult to recover completely from, and treatments only prevent the spread. Once cancer is too advanced, the cancer cells metastasize, meaning they break away from the predominant area and spread through the bloodstream in the body, making focused treatments impossible. There are indeed rules for treating cancers. If a tumor is too large, a surgeon may not excise it, or if an organ is at risk, for example. There is no outright cure.
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There is no known cure for cancer. What that means is that there is no one medicine that will cure all types of cancer. There are over 200 different types of cancer and every single one of them have a different type of treatment. They are all different. Cancer is a progressive disease. What that means is that it starts out as one very tiny mutated cell. That cell begins to grow. It will grow into a nodule, than a tumor, with cancer there is nothing to tell the cell to stop growing so it continues until it reaches a point where it is so large it begins to 'seed' or 'shed' tiny microscopic cells into the blood system. The blood system carries all those tiny cancer seeds to other areas of the body and begins to grow new tumors and the whole cycle repeats itself indefinitely. The problem is that no one knows how to make the cells stop growing. When the cancer is really small, before it has spread . . a doctor might be able to operate and remove it all. However, it only takes one missed microscopic cell . . and the tumor could regrow . . remember that any escaped cells still are growing . . they can never turn off. As cancer tumors grow they begin to invade organs and tissue . . like the liver or lungs or the colon. Cancer begins to multiple . . and can soon have two, three, or a hundred new tumors. Eventually the tumors will begin to seed sending all those tiny cells throughout the body. When the cancer starts to send all those cells throughout the body . . its called metastasis. It is metastasis that is hard to treat. I understand why you are angry, but I would recommend that you be angry at the cancer. There is no known cure for all cancer, there is treatment that might lead to a remission for some types of cancer. Early cancers are treatable and that can lead to cure. Advanced cancers are treatable, but cure is more difficult. Be angry with the cancer. It's cancer that sucks.
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The rumor you heard is wrong. Many many people are cured of cancer by doctors in the US (I was). I was treated and cured at the Cleveland Clinic, one of the best hospitals in the world. I noticed that about half of the other patients there were forigners. They come to the US because the best healthcare is in the US. I'm sure your father is getting the best care available. If you don't like the treatment your father is getting in the US and if you feel that most Americans are greedy, then maybe you should go somewhere else. Good luck to your dad.
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Your rumor is true 110%. The government bans clinics from curing cancer.
8 :
If what you say is true, I'm dead. Boo.
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