Thanks for all the links, my sister-in-law found out a few weeks ago that she has breast cancer and just yesterday had a tumor removed from her breast. They didnt find it had spread,
thank god,
but that doesnt mean her battle is over, I am going to forward some of these links to her, Thank you very much.

Thanks for the links Gryffen very informative was kinda getting worried was freaking out then feeling my pecs writeing this reply looked at the most common age is 60 to 70 on the bbc page also been reading Jb post aswell
hey blade hope all is going ok aswell hope some of those links helped out.

My father lost his battle with cancer in Febuary. It didn't take the cancer long to take him over and run him in to the ground. He was diagnosed in November and was told he had only a few months to live. After that, the doctor gave him some radiation which had some results, but not enough I guess, By Dec he was home with hospice care and passed away 2 short months later.

To me it seemed that the doctor pretty much sent him home to die. He showed little interest in the whole situation. He was hard to communicate with and was horrible at returning calls and such. I tried to discuss his situation with the doctor but he showed no interest in talking to me since I was only his son. I tried to pursuade my folks to switch doctors, but nope. My mom figured that since a doctor says so...it must be true. It's sad really.

These people get #ing rich off our sicknesses. If a cure were found, they would no longer have a means to milk people and insurance companies for everything they are worth. I trust the Med industry about as much as I trust our leaders. It's aint about the greater good for your fellow humans...it's about $$$.

And, Bush is trying to protect these people from lawsuits.

If I'm ever diagnosed with anything of the sort, I'll either seek alternative medicine or let it kill me rather than let them milk me. I hate doctors and hospitals anyway.

Sorry for the rant!

I don't think so. From the days cancer was descovered, huge progress was made in finding a cure, and I think that today most of the people whohave cancer actually survive.

There is Radiation, Chemotherapy, advanced scanners for detecting tumors (MRI for example), and many medial experiments on cancer patients in order to find a cure.

I know that here in Israel, cancer organizations help patients a lot, especially children.

BTW, about a month ago Israeli snientists demonstrated a DNA computer that can detect and eliminate cancer cells, and development will go on untill it will be able to operate in regular enviorment (human body). I believe that in 20 years we will be able to cure completely all kind of cancer, with the use of biotech and nanotech (for example by injection of thousands of those cumpters into the body).

Im sure it is. I believe that the cure for cancer was found in Armenia about 15 years ago. It was bought out for 3 billion dollars. Since Armenia is a poor country they accepted. They also signed a contract saying that they will never work on it again. I dont who bought out the formula or the vaccine. Nor do i have a link.

It all depends on what type of cancer one is talking about. You can't say we have no cure for cancer, when it fact we have cures for certain types of it.

Originally posted by AD5673
Im sure it is. I believe that the cure for cancer was found in Armenia about 15 years ago. It was bought out for 3 billion dollars. Since Armenia is a poor country they accepted.

Highly doubt it...If someones found a cure for cancer....they could make oddles more then 3 billion...doesnt sound very probable....

Originally posted by baked

I just watched my father die from cancer back in Feb. His doctor didn't seem to give a #. I tried to discuss these things with him and all I got was "cant discuss" it from him.

Yes, it's much the same in the UK.

My relative went to the doctor with severe headaches, blurred vision on several occasions, and he was told that it was nothing to worry about.

While on holiday he lost all co-ordination and was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Since being repatriated they have established that this is a secondary cancer to a lung cancer (although they can't tell what type of cancer this is).

He has had numerous scans, etc, since to 'monitor progress' but doesn't seem to have received ANY treatment apart from steroids - not chemo, radiotherapy or surgery due to the location of the tumours.

It really is as if they have completely washed their hands of him and are letting him die. It makes me absolutely furious. I appreciate he's terminally ill, but you'd think they'd try??

Never get ill in the UK. We may have a free NHS but its only of use if your condition is easy and relatively low budget to cure.

Thanks to Gryffen for the very helpful links, they will help enormously with my research.