This is the one time medical radiation is useful — the ONE time
The only time this doctor would say “yes” to radiation
There’s no delicate way to say it: Using radiation to attack cancer is barbaric. Like using a sledge hammer to beat disease out of a body.
But there is one time where it is your absolute best option.
And the phrase “one time” is the most important part of that sentence.
Way out of line
Here’s how Dr. Spreen explains the dreadful pain caused by advanced cancer spreading to the bone…
“The rapidly-growing cells are in a solidly confined space that will not expand. As the tumor mass increases in size within a bony cavity, the pressure is said to be pain beyond all imagining.”
This is the one place where radiation is welcome. It’s simply the most effective tool to relieve bone cancer pain.
Dr. Spreen: “I would be first in line at the radiologist’s office.”
But you only need to line up once. That’s because more than one treatment is almost always unnecessary.
But a new study suggests that a bad bunch of lowlife doctors are giving bone cancer patients multiple radiation treatments. In more than half the cases, these awful docs are giving at least 10 treatments!
Evidence that one (and ONLY one) treatment is required first emerged back in the 90s. In 2005, a large U.S. trial confirmed it. So nobody in the medical radiation field can claim they’re unaware of this.
For some patients, more than one treatment might help. But in nine out of 10 cases, there’s no need at all. And only a tiny percentage need multiple treatments.
As Dr. Spreen puts it, at that point you’re just helping your doctor pay for his vacation home.
The lead researcher suggests that any patient prescribed multiple treatments should ask these questions…
1. Am I a candidate for single treatment?
2. If not, why not?
If the answers aren’t convincing, get a second opinion. Or just don’t show up for rounds 2, 3, 4, etc.
Sources:
“Radiation Therapy Overused in Advanced Prostate Cancer, Study Says” Amy Norton, HealthDay News, 10/8/13, healthday.com
