The Chemotherapy Profit Motive Part two

January 10th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor

In my previous post The Chemotherapy Profit Motive Part one I pointed out that oncologists are the only group of doctors who are permitted to buy drugs wholesale (chemotherapy drugs) and sell them retail.  I questioned if the motivation for treating cancer patients with chemotherapy might be based on the profit they make by doing [...]

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The Chemotherapy Profit Motive

January 9th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor

Have you ever heard a cancer survivor say, “The treatment was worse than the disease?”  I’ve certainly said that. Why do you think that, even though there are serious and dangerous side effects of chemotherapy, it is still the choice treatment of many oncologists? Could it be because administering chemotherapy is very profitable for the [...]

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