Chemotherapy is a word which generates as much (or probably more) fear than cancer. Patients willingly undergo complicated surgeries for cancer but when it comes to chemotherapy, they develop cold feet. There have been instances when patients have refused cancer treatment because it involved chemotherapy. Some believe that it is an unnecessary treatment but is forced on to patients by us `Modern, new-age doctors’. Scores of `Second opinions’ are sought to find out whether chemotherapy can be avoided. Patients who accept it do so with a fair amount of reluctance.
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Medical Oncology
